Mary Temple Grandin is an American scientist, academic and animal behaviorist. She is a prominent proponent for the humane treatment of livestock for slaughter and the author of more than 60 scientific papers on animal behavior. Grandin is a consultant to the livestock industry, where she offers advice on animal behavior, and is also an autism spokesperson.
"Treehouse of Horror XI" is the first episode of the twelfth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons, the 249th episode overall, and the eleventh Halloween episode. The episode features "G-G-Ghost D-D-Dad", "Scary Tales Can Come True" and "Night of the Dolphin" and was written by Rob LaZebnik, John Frink and Don Payne and Carolyn Omine and directed by Matthew Nastuk.
Holly Elizabeth Robinson Peete is an American actress and singer. She is known for her roles as Judy Hoffs on the Fox TV police drama 21 Jump Street, Vanessa Russell on the ABC sitcom Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, and Dr. Malena Ellis on the NBC/WB sitcom For Your Love. She also served as one of the original co-hosts of the CBS Daytime talk show, The Talk.
Camara DaCosta Johnson, better known as Yaya DaCosta, is an American actress and model. She was the runner-up in Cycle 3 of America's Next Top Model. DaCosta eventually went to star in ABC's daytime drama series All My Children (2008), ABC's comedy-drama Ugly Betty (2009), and NBC's medical drama Chicago Med (2015–2021). DaCosta starred in the Lifetime television film Whitney (2015) as singer Whitney Houston and received praise for her performance.
Oona O'Neill, Lady Chaplin was an actress who was the daughter of Irish-American playwright Eugene O'Neill and English-born writer Agnes Boulton, and the fourth and last wife of English actor and film-maker Charlie Chaplin.
Pivotal response treatment (PRT), also referred to as pivotal response training, is a naturalistic form of applied behavior analysis used as an early intervention for children with autism that was pioneered by Robert and Lynn Koegel. PRT advocates contend that behavior hinges on "pivotal" behavioral skills—motivation and the ability to respond to multiple cues—and that development of these skills will result in collateral behavioral improvements. In 2005, Richard Simpson of the University of Kansas identified pivotal response treatment as one of the four scientifically based treatments for autism.
Claire Messud is an American novelist and literature and creative writing professor. She is best known as the author of the novel The Emperor's Children (2006).
Helen Vivian "Nell" Scovell is an American television and magazine writer, and producer. She is the creator of the television series Sabrina the Teenage Witch, which aired on ABC and The WB from 1996 until 2003 and co-author of the book Lean In.
Same as it Never Was is a novel by Claire Scovell LaZebnik which was published in 2003. In 2006, the novel was adapted into the TV movie Hello Sister, Goodbye Life starring Lacey Chabert and Wendie Malick.
Hello Sister, Goodbye Life is a 2006 ABC Family original comedy-drama television film based on novelist Claire Scovell LaZebnik's book, Same as It Never Was. Starring Lacey Chabert as Olivia, Wendie Malick as Barbara, Adam Kaufman as Joe, Sammi Hanratty as Celia, David Ramsey as Dennis, Keith Flippen as Mr. Calhoon, Mitch Laurance as Richard, Erin Fisk as Alicia, Amanda Baker as Betsy, Yvette Sirker as Rosivel, and Hunter Whitlow as Yale.
Overcoming Autism: Finding the Answers, Strategies, and Hope That Can Transform a Child's Life is a book that novelist Claire Scovell LaZebnik co-wrote with therapist Lynn Koegel, of the UCSB Autism Research and Training Center, in 2004. Lynn writes about strategies for educating and working with children with autism, and Claire writes about her experience raising her autistic son. The book includes specific advice for teaching and raising children with autism, as well as personal anecdotes of families with autistic children.
Knitting Under the Influence is a 2006 novel written by author Claire Scovell LaZebnik about three girls in their late twenties who have a weekly knitting circle, yet, they all have busy individual lives. The knitting circle is the only way these girls can stay connected with each other.
Philip LaZebnik is an American screenwriter and producer. LaZebnik has written screenplays for films including Pocahontas, Mulan, The Prince of Egypt, The Road to El Dorado, The Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar, Asterix and the Vikings, The Three Investigators and the Secret of Skeleton Island, The Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar II, The Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar III: The Mystery of the Snake Crown, The Three Investigators and the Secret of Terror Castle, Emma and Santa Claus and The Ark and the Aardvark. He wrote the book for the musical "Fairy Tale" about Hans Christian Andersen with songs by Stephen Schwartz, and wrote the book and lyrics for "Oktoberfest: the Musical" with music by Harold Faltermeyer. In collaboration with Mads Æbeløe Nielsen he wrote the book for the theatrical musical version of Djævelens lærling, a best-selling Danish fantasy novel of the same name by Kenneth B. Andersen, with songs and music by Madeline Myers.
Rob LaZebnik is an American television writer.
Theo Carver is a fictional character from Days of Our Lives, an American soap opera on the NBC network. Created under head writer Dena Higley, Theo was born onscreen in 2003. The character was portrayed by two sets of twins and three child actors, Chase and Tyler Johnson (2003–2004), Kavi Faquir (2006–2007), Amyrh Harris (2007), Terrell Ransom Jr. from (2008-2015), Kyler Pettis (2015–2018), Cameron Johnson (2020–present). Along with several other child characters, Theo was rapidly aged in November 2015 and Kyler Pettis stepped into the role. Pettis his departure from the series in 2017 and he vacated the role in 2018. After a two-year absence, Theo was recast when Cameron Johnson took over the role in 2020.
Ken LaZebnik is an American writer, best known for his work in television, film, and theatre. His work has appeared in films such as A Prairie Home Companion and in television shows Touched by an Angel and Star Trek: Enterprise. LaZebnik's screenplay On the Spectrum earned him a Steinberg Award from the American Theatre Critics Association.
Robert Koegel is a Senior Research Scientist at Stanford University School of Medicine. He was formerly a Distinguished Professor and the Director of the Koegel Autism Center at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He moved to Stanford in 2017.
"Sorry Not Sorry" is the ninth episode of the thirty-second season of the American animated television series The Simpsons, and the 693rd episode overall. It aired in the United States on Fox on December 6, 2020. The episode was directed by Rob Oliver and written by Nell Scovell. This was Scovell's second Simpsons episode as writer, after a hiatus of almost 30 years since her season 2 episode "One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish".
Lazebnik, Lazebník, or LaZebnik is a surname, meaning "barber" in Czech. Notable people with this surname include:
