Tamara S. Kasper, MS, CCC-SLP, BCBA, is a Speech-Language Pathologist with nearly 30 years of experience working with children with challenging behaviors. Tamara’s commitment to the children she serves led her to pursue treatment methods outside the field of Speech-Language Pathology. Under the mentorship of renowned Behavior Analyst Dr. Vincent Carbone and his protégé, Tamara became a Board Certified Behavior Analyst. She has completed advanced training in application of Skinner’s analysis of verbal behavior and Kaufman’s strategies for apraxia of speech. 

Tamara is a frequently invited international lecturer, treating clients and training professionals in countries including England, Italy, Greece, Ethiopia, Senegal. She enthusiastically shares her unique approaches and outside-the-box techniques that successfully build functional verbal behavior for children on the autism spectrum.   She provides consulting and workshops in the U.S. and abroad (Kasper Enterprises, LLC.)

Tamara is also the Director/Owner of The Center for Autism Treatment, Inc. (www.centerautismtreatment.org) near Milwaukee, Wisconsin; A center which provides personalized intensive ABA intervention and group social communication skills training for children with autism and other developmental disabilities.  Tamara’s publications include the K&K Sign to Talk materials, Speak with Sign, and research supporting sign language intervention to promote vocal skills and phonetic hand cues. She is a past recipient of the Wisconsin Speech and Hearing Association’s Clinical Achievement Award.