Banana Champs Performance Coaching & Behavioral Consulting

11/25/2025

6 online classes will begin February and run through mid March.

Each class will focus on a different aspect of how to build your mental toughness as an endurance athlete.

Live and on-demand options.
Stay tuned for registration and pricing.

09/14/2025

Heading to FABA 2025?

Come check out my talk on Friday at 2:30.

I'll be discussing how to utilize ABA-based interventions with a dash of behavioral artistry to open a successful and, yes, profitable, ABA-based coaching practice.

And how about a bonus?
This presentation is good for 1 Ethics CEU.

FABA - Florida Association for Behavior Analysis Amy Rae Palm Beach Association for Behavior Analysis PBABA Small Business Owners of South Palm Beach

06/06/2025

06/06/2025

Oh boy, did we have fun with this one!

New Episode Alert!

Skinner's Locker Room -

Transcending Boundaries: Redefining Behavior Analysis, Justice for Toddlers, and Unpacking Social Media with Sarah Welsh, BCBA

Join hosts Amy Bukszpan and Jimmy O'Brien as they delve into a captivating discussion with Sarah Welsh, the owner and head of the Catalyst Behavior Project, in this insightful episode of Skinner's Locker Room. Sarah shares her journey from being a BCBA to creating a transformative behavior analysis practice that transcends traditional boundaries. We explore how her innovative collaborative approach is redefining health, wellness, and leadership.

Throughout the episode, Sarah passionately describes her mission to apply behavior analysis beyond traditional practice, helping clients achieve their personal and professional goals.

Tune in to learn how Sarah is breaking barriers, inspiring change, and cracking us up, one behavior at a time.

So crank up the volume as we shout "Justice for toddlers" and get this podcast cranking.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/skinners-locker-room/id1786898161?i=1000711222989
https://abukszpan.podbean.com/e/unlocking-behavioral-success-with-sarah-walsh/
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06/02/2025

Banana Champs...
We're so much more than endurance coaching! In ultra-running, training your brain is just as important as training your body!

Are you a runner looking to --

Increase motivation to train
Improve self-confidence
Promote self-adherence to a healthy diet, regular training regime, or your coach's, PT's, or other professional's training protocols
Tackle and prevent DNFs
Increase flexibility and problem-solving
Improve self-resiliency, grit, and mental stamina
or decrease race anxiety and fear....

Then Banana Champs may be right for you!

Coach Amy Rae is now accepting new clients for her 8- and 16-week mental endurance training programs that focus on addressing the above issues and much more.

Whether you're racing in the mountains or at the beach, Amy will meet with you directly, creating an individualized plan just for you, focused on your personalized goals, motivation, and lifestyle-- bringing your love and the fun back into running!

Contact Amy now to find out more and to start your journey to becoming a champ today!

[email protected]

05/30/2025

As a coach and behavior analyst, I'm constantly asking questions as I'm prescribing workouts or interventions. I modified this slightly to work within a behavior analytic framework, but it still hits at the core of what I do.

Evidence-informed coaching (taken from Royal College of Teaching via Dan Abrahams)…

As a coach…

-Who am I coaching?
-What am I coaching them?
-How am I coaching them?
-Why am I coaching them in this way?
-What other ways are there to coach them?
-How might I incorporate these ways?
-Why might I use these ways rather than the way I’ve been coaching? Can I conceptualize this in a behavior analytic way?*

Evidence is a combination of the context, the empirical, and the experiential.

Every day as a coach is a mini experiment, and every day as a coach, you need to be critical of your coaching…

05/28/2025

For several years, I've been volunteering as the Clinical Corner Coordinator with the Association for Science in Autism Treatment's monthly newsletter, Science in Autism Treatment (SIAT).

In this role, I've had the opportunity to work alongside some truly great researchers, clinicians, and providers to highlight science-based interventions and strategies for individuals with autism.

I deeply appreciate this recognition.

Please check out the resources that ASAT has to offer, and if you can, please consider contributing to their work as a volunteer, writer, or donor.

https://asatonline.org/
https://asatonline.org/research-treatment/interviews/celebrating-amy-bukszpan/


Amy Rae