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Meet the Presenters

Christine Austin
Christine Austin
BCBA

Clinic Director at Step By Step Academy, a position she has held since 2009, where she previously served as Training and Behavior Plan Supervisor,Outreach and Training Coordinator, Program Supervisor/Outreach Support Technician and Behavior Technician.

Christine regularly publishes and presents at professional conferences on the topic of autism and behavioral support. Her areas of expertise include ABA, training, individual education plans (IEPs), treatment planning and behavior modification and behavior management. She has a BA in Psychology and minor in Sociology from Ohio State University. Now a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA), Christine trained in Applied Behavior Analysis with the University of North Texas and is certified in Crisis Prevention.

Michele LaMarche
Michele LaMarche
BCBA

Michele LaMarche is the co-founder of Special Learning, Inc. She is also the founder and Executive Director of Step By Step Academy (SBSA), a centre-based non-profit autism treatment centre in Columbus, Ohio. Ms. LaMarche has worked in the field of Applied Behavior Analysis for more than fifteen years, and she develops the ABA curricula used in SBSA's programs.

Erin Lombard
Erin Lombard
M.Ed.

Erin Lombard is currently a behavior consultant with over 12 years of experience working with children with autism and developmental disabilities in homes, schools, and center based programs. She was previously a certified Special Education teacher in Arizona. Along with providing consultation through SBSA, she also currently teaches graduate level Positive Behavior Support courses at Northern Arizona University.

Erin is originally from California where she finished her undergraduate degree in Child and Adolescent Studies from California State University, Fullerton. She obtained her master's degree in Special Education from the University of Phoenix. She completed her coursework in applied behavior analysis through the University of North Texas. She is currently working on her PhD in Psychology at Capella University.

Amanda Fishley
Amanda Fishley
MA, BCBA, COBA

Amanda Fishley, MA, BCBA, COBA is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst and Certified Ohio Behavior Analyst. She received her Master’s degree in Special Education/ABA from The Ohio State University. She has been working with in the field of ABA for over ten years.

She has experience working with children, adolescents and adults in school, home and mental health settings. These experiences have allowed her to work closely with parents, teachers, paraprofessionals, as well as mentoring and supervising behavior analysts. She is the Associate Director of Clinical Solutions for Special Learning, creating and presenting educational materials and promoting Special Learning’s mission to positively impact the special needs community.

Jennifer LaLuzerne
Jennifer LaLuzerne
MSW, LSW

Jennifer LaLuzerne has been a Clinic Director at Step By Step Academy, Inc. since May 2011. Before that, she served as Program Manager and social worker, starting in 2008. At Step By Step, she is responsible for supervising Program Managers, their staff, and their caseloads, collaborating in the development and monitoring of treatment plans, behavior plans, and ongoing treatment integrity.

Jennifer has a Bachelor's Degree in social work from the University of Wisconsin - Madison, her Master's Degree in social work from The Ohio State University, and she is completing coursework towards her BCBA through the University of North Texas.

Peter Gerhardt
Peter Gerhardt
Ed.D.

Peter Gerhardt, Ed.D., is the Executive Director of the EPIC School in Paramus, NJ.  Dr. Gerhardt has more than 35 years’ experience utilizing the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis in support of adolescents and adults with autism spectrum disorders in educational, employment, residential and community-based settings. He is the author or co-author on a number of articles and chapters on the needs of adolescents and adults with ASD and has presented nationally and internationally on this topic. 

Dr. Gerhardt serves as Chairman of the Scientific Council for the Organization for Autism Research and is on numerous professional advisory boards including the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies.  He received his doctorate from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey’s Graduate School of Education.

Melanie Olson Giles
Melanie Olson Giles
M.A., M.Ed., CCC-SLP, BCBA, LABA

Melanie is a dually certified and licensed Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) and Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA). She is the Clinic Director of the Speech Therapy Group and The Verbal ABA Clinic at STG. She received her Bachelors of Science degree in Communication Disorders and Masters in Speech Language Pathology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, in 1999 and 2001, respectively. She also received her Masters of Education in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and Autism from Endicott College, where she is currently working towards her PhD in ABA.

Her clinics are private practices focus on the areas of verbal behavior and swallowing/feeding disorders.  Melanie’s main research interests include collaboration between speech pathology and behavior analysis, as well as verbal behavior, feeding disorders and organizational behavior management.

Noor Syed
Noor Syed
PhD, BCBA-D, LBA/LBS

Dr. Syed is currently with Lehigh University’s Special Education Department as Professor of Practice and Clinical Director for Lehigh University Autism Services.  Previously, Dr. Syed was an Assistant Professor of Special Education at Manhattanville College.

Dr. Syed has over 10 years experience in the field of applied behavior analysis, general and special education, autism, and developmental disabilities as a classroom teacher, Special Education Itinerant Teacher, ABA home based therapist, and behavioral supervisor for center and home based services.  Dr. Syed has worked in early intervention, preschool, and school aged settings, as well as with adults.

In 2018, Dr. Syed was selected as a Top Tier International Partnership Discovery Fellow in the Inaugural Fellowship Class of the Global Autism Project, a nonprofit organization that provides training for local international practitioners in the utilization of evidence-based practices when working with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Her research interests lie in verbal behavior, ethical practices in behavior analysis, and the implementation of behavior analysis to curriculum and teaching. 

Ann Beirne
Ann Beirne
MA, BCBA

Ann Beirne, MA, BCBA is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst with over two decades of experience working with individuals with autism spectrum disorder.

She has provided direct services to children and families in home environments, schools, and residential programs. Her work with this population has spanned the lifespan, including toddlers, young children, adolescents and adults with developmental disabilities.

Ms. Beirne is co-author of the textbook Understanding Ethics in Behavior Analysis:  Practical Applications available from Routledge Publishing in 2019.

Jon S. Bailey
Jon S. Bailey
Ph.D., BCBA-D

Dr. Bailey received his PhD from the University of Kansas and is currently Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Florida State University where he was a member of the graduate faculty for 38-years and produced a record 63 PhDs. He is currently Director of the FSU Panama City Masters Program in Applied Behavior Analysis. 

Dr. Bailey has published over 100 peer-reviewed research articles, is a past editor of the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, and is co-author of Research Methods in Applied Behavior Analysis, How Dogs Learn, Ethics for Behavior Analysts, 2nd Expanded Edition, How to Think Like a Behavior Analyst, and 25 Essential Skills and Strategies for Professional Behavior Analysts, all co-authored with Dr. Mary Burch.

Karen Chung
Karen Chung
CPA, MBA

Karen is the Founder and CEO of Special Learning. She started the company in 2010 after learning about the effectiveness of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) juxtaposed against the reality that over 95% of the world did not have access to ABA. As an entrepreneur with over 20 years of corporate experience, she started Special Learning to leverage existing and emerging technology to make quality ABA resources and services available to parents, educators and professionals around the world.

Karen’s entrepreneurial experience includes starting and growing a diversity retained executive search firm specializing in placing women and minority executives in leadership positions of Fortune 1,000 companies. Her investment banking background includes working with various venture capital and private equity companies to facilitate deal flow while representing CEOs of rapidly growing companies seeking to raise equity and debt capital for various middle market businesses and commercial real estate developers. Her corporate background includes various leadership and functional roles in Fortune 1,000 and middle market companies.  Her additional entrepreneurial activities include owning and operating high end boutique

She graduated with a Masters of Management degree from Kellogg Graduate School of Management of Northwestern University. She is a Certified Public Accountant and a recipient of the Elijah Watts Sells Award from the American Institute of Certified Public Accounts (AICPA), an award granted to less than top 5% of all CPA exam candidates.

Dr Abraham Graber
Dr Abraham Graber
PhD in philosophy
Dr. Abraham Graber earned his PhD in philosophy from the University of Iowa in 2013. He served as the Director of Medical Humanities at the University of Texas at San Antonio from 2016-2021 and joined the Wexner College of Medicine in January of 2023. He has wide ranging rearch interests, including philosophy of science and meta-ethics; however, his primary specialization is in disability bioethics with an emphasis on developmental disabilities.
Dr Jessica Graber
Dr Jessica Graber
BCBA-D
Dr. Jessica Graber earned her PhD in School Psychology at the University of Iowa, specializing in school consultation and brief outpatient services for individuals with intense behavioral challenges. She completed her pre-doctoral internship at The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, working across inpatient psychiatric, school, outpatient, and telehealth contexts and completed her post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Texas at San Antonio, working as a research consultant, university instructor, and clinical supervisor. Since completing her training, Dr. Graber has supervised psychological and behavior analytic services for persons with neurodevelopmental differences and adaptive challenges across school, outpatient, residential treatment, and telehealth-to-home contexts. She is currently a psychologist in the Complex Behavior Program at the Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.
Maria Nicolaou
Maria Nicolaou
MA, BCBA
Maria Nicolaou, MA, BCBA is a Board-Certified Behavior Analyst from the United Kingdom. She received her Master’s degree in Applied Behavior Analysis from the Tizard Center, University of Kent in Canterbury. Maria has been working with students on the Autism Spectrum since 2012. ? ? She has worked in home programs, schools as well as the National Health Service in the United Kingdom. She is the Senior Behavior Analyst for Special Learning.
Dr Kristin Bowman
Dr Kristin Bowman
Dr. Kristin Bowman is a pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist and Board-Certified Behavior Analyst. She received her master’s degree in communication sciences and disorders from the University of Florida and, after being introduced to B.F. Skinner’s analysis of verbal behavior, she continued her postgraduate education and received her doctoral degree in applied behavior analysis from Endicott College. Dr. Bowman’s research interests primarily include cross-disciplinary collaboration and areas where the fields of speech-language pathology and behavior analysis may work conjointly such as improving verbal behavior and remediating feeding challenges. She has presented at national and state conferences and her work has been published in?Behavior Analysis in Practice,?Journal of Behavioral Education, and?Handbook of Applied Behavior Analysis Interventions for Autism. Dr. Bowman has served as a member of interprofessional autism diagnostic teams and values a collaborative approach to treating children with developmental disabilities.
Dr Sarah Haney
Dr Sarah Haney
Board Certified Behavior Analyst
Dr. Sarah Haney McDevitt is a doctoral-level Board Certified Behavior Analyst and Senior Behavior Analyst in the Pediatric Feeding Disorders Program at the Kennedy Krieger Institute. She is also an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. McDevitt is a member of the Association for Behavior Analysis, International and is the new co-director of the Maryland Association for Behavior Analysis. Dr. McDevitt has conducted research on the assessment and treatment of pediatric feeding disorders and has authored book chapters in addition to publications in peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. Dr. McDevitt has served as a guest reviewer for various peer-reviewed journals and has recently been elected to serve on the Editorial Board for the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. Her current research interests include the assessment and treatment of pediatric feeding disorders with an emphasis on caregiver training, social validity of feeding interventions, and factors that influence the generalization and maintenance of intervention outcomes.
Sneha Kohli Mathur
Sneha Kohli Mathur
Ph.D. BCBA
Sneha Kohli Mathur, PhD, BCBA Sneha considers herself an ally to the disAbility and Autism communities, and started Spectrum Success in order to support individuals on the autism spectrum, while educating neurotypicals on how to create a socially inclusive community. Sneha is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA), has Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Psychology, and a doctorate degree in Education and Disability Studies. What makes Sneha’s research, teaching, and consulting unique is her expertise in two very distinct areas, applied behavior analysis and disabilities studies. She is able to layout behaviorally supported practices within a caring social-model context. Sneha is a Faculty in the Psychology department of the University of Southern California (USC), where she teaches Master level courses in Applied Behavior Analysis, and undergraduate courses related to Autism and Neurodiversity. Sneha is also the Faculty Advisor to the Best Buddy Club at USC, in which USC students mentor autistic participants. She has been invited to speak all over the country, and recently published a book, Understanding the Lived Experiences of Autistic Adults, which she co-authored with an Autistic Adult. Sneha has also worked with colleges to develop and implement autism support programs to maximize the success of college students with ASD. She works with both the students as well as faculty and staff, in order to maximize a positive college experience. Ultimately, Sneha’s work centers on increasing the quality of life for individuals with Autism, and her future-focused approach allows her to help individuals build long-term success.
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