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Amber Paden, PhD, LMHP, BCBA, LBA

Program Director, ACT Clinic Fremont, MMI iCASD
Assistant Professor, MMI iCASD
Licensed Mental Health Practitioner
Board Certified Behavior Analyst

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Amber Paden, PhD, LMHP, BCBA

Amber Paden, PhD, LMHP, BCBA, LBA is an assistant professor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center's Munroe-Meyer Institute. Paden also is a licensed mental health practitioner and a board certified behavior analyst in MMI's integrated Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders where she currently serves as program coordinator for the Autism Care for Toddlers Clinic in Fremont that provides early intensive behavioral interventions to young children diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder.

Paden has more than 20 years of experience working with children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, with 15 of those years at MMI. She received her PhD in applied behavior analysis from UNMC under the supervision of Dr. Regina Carroll. She completed her master’s degree in applied behavior analysis at St. Cloud State University.

  • PhD: University of Nebraska Medical Center, 2024.

  • MS: Applied Behavior Analysis, St. Cloud State University, 2010.

  • BA: Psychology, Midland University, 2005.

Specialty Certifications

  • Board Certified Behavior Analyst.

  • Licensed Mental Health Practitioner.

  • Licensed Behavior Analyst.

Paden provides patient care services at UNMC Munroe-Meyer Institute integrated Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders as program coordinator for the Autism Care for Toddlers Clinic in Fremont.

Clinic Location: ACT Clinic – Fremont | MMI

  • Carroll, R.A., Preas, E.J., Paden, A.R. (2022) Training supervisors to provide performance feedback using video modeling with voiceover instructions: A replication. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 55(2), 603-621. http://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.908.
  • Fisher, W.W., Felber, J.M., Phillips, L.A., Craig, A.R., Paden, A.R., & Niemeier, J.J. (2019). Treatment of resistance to change in children with autism. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 52(4), 974-993. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.588.
  • Skill acquisition in children with autism and related disabilities.
  • Staff training.
  • Treatment integrity.
  • Verbal behavior.
  • Association for Behavior Analysis International.
  • Nebraska Association for Behavior Analysis.
integrated Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders

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