Siri Ming, BCBA-D

I've spent over 30 years as a practicing behavior analyst — a scientist-practitioner across many contexts — asking what changes when we take our own science of language seriously. Not as an add-on or a specialization, but as a foundational part of what behavior analysis already is.

Relational Frame Theory is a firmly behavior analytic account of how language and cognition work. That question — what changes when we actually integrate it — has shaped everything I do. It led me to rethink how we teach language in early intervention, moving toward promoting genuinely generative language through relational framing, developmentally from the ground up. It led me to ACT, and to the conviction that a socially valid practice incorporates psychological flexibility and prosociality as the aim of all we do— for our clients, our colleagues, and ourselves. And it led me to co-found Constellations, because this work is better done together, , in community with other practitioners committed to the same rigor and the same care.

I am geekily passionate about the potential that RFT brings to language intervention, and about its potential to help us more effectively use language as intervention. I work with behavior analysts who want to go deeper into what our science already makes possible — whether that's integrating RFT into early childhood language programs, building psychological flexibility in your own practice, or finding your way toward work and life that reflects your values. My training, coaching, consultation, and writing all center on the same premise: these aren't separate topics. They're the same science, fully realized.

My work is grounded in values of rigor, generosity, and kindness, and the importance of connecting with joy and with community. Wherever you are on your path, I invite you to join me.