Shira Pressburger (Zelman)

Shira is a successful behavior analyst who works with children with special needs as well as mainstream students. She’s trained hundreds of teachers to implement effective classroom management skills in order to increase positive behavior in their classroom. Additionally, she supervises BCBA candidates and paras to implement ABA teaching methods. Shira also runs in-person workshops and online trainings for BCBAs, teachers and special education teachers and therapists.

Janis Krempa

Janis' introduction to behavior analysis began over 25 years ago in 1994 in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. In 1996, after an invitation from Dr. Ivaar Lovass, she moved to Los Angeles to work at The Lovaas Institute at UCLA.

Relocating to Boston in 1997, Janis earned her Master's degree in Education and a graduate certificate in Applied Behavior Analysis from Penn State in 2003. At that point she began her important work of partnering with families, professionals and school districts across the state of Massachusetts to provide ABA services, conduct program evaluations and run social skills groups for children and young adults. She also consults for schools, conducts curriculums and behavior assessments. Janis develops IEPs as well as transition and vocational training programs and creates community workshops and parent training.

Partnering with Kelly McKinnon-Bermingham, she co-authored "Social Skills Solutions- A Hands-On Manual for Teaching Social Skills to Children with Autism." It quickly became a "go-to" resource for educators, parents and professionals to teach social skills to children with autism. Janis also contracted with Northwell Health in New York, consulting to an inpatient psychiatric hospital for children and adolescents, and providing weekly supervision for prospective BCBA and BCaBa candidates. Janis feels incredibly fortunate to have had many opportunities to work in the field of ABA across the country and learn from incredibly talented professionals. She’s also been inspired by passionate, dedicated parents and families in her career. She combines her invaluable experiences in her work with staff training, BACB supervision, and program development. She uses her passion to contribute to the field of behavior analysis by advocating awareness of the requisite "soft skills''. This includes effective communication, collaboration skills, and professional development as a foundational building block in achieving excellence in ABA services.

In 2019, Janis started a unique and much needed program to help young adults with ASD learn targeted communication and social skills. This helps them to perform their “personal best” with family, friends and at work, moving towards independence and social success.

There’s so much that you’ll gain from Janis’s extensive, varied experience in her work as a BCBA.

Kelly (McKinnon) Bermingham

Kelly Bermingham has been practicing in the field of ABA for 25 years. She received her BCBA in 2003. She is a published author who specializes in Early Intervention Program Development and Social Skills. She has completed research and written several blogs for Autism Speaks during her time at UCI. Kelly specializes in helping teen clients who struggle specifically with challenges in sex and puberty. She’s done loads of research to understand the obstacles that they face and what makes things so difficult for them in this area. She’s proficient at getting to the core of any issue that comes up and does her utmost to help her clients overcome their hardships. Kelly is passionate about helping ASD teens develop into fully functioning, emotionally healthy adults by guiding them in this area.

Kelly has successfully dealt with children and teens on the autistic spectrum both with her clients and in her personal life. She’s passionate about giving her clients the knowledge and tools necessary to become fully functioning, emotionally healthy individuals. She’s also passionate about sharing her knowledge and expertise with other BCBAs so they too can deal with sensitive topics in the best way possible.

She’s well-versed in the latest research on ASD. She’s professional in her practice, while also being warm, friendly and genuinely caring for the well-being of her clients. Kelly’s also passionate about sharing her knowledge and expertise with other BCBAs.

Timothy Folley

Timothy Folley is a BCBA who loves raising his three lively boys together with his wife in beautiful, rural Maine. He earned his Masters in Ed Psych from the University of Southern Maine in 2014.

Tim’s favorite cases were with children who were diagnosed with autism but presented more like trauma and attachment disorders. Tim himself is no stranger to trauma. He worked through a bout of his own PTSD in 2017 from a behavior analytic perspective. While dealing with his own traumas, Tim dug deep to understand how the process works.

In 2019 Tim began working with the brain injury population. At that point, Tim saw clearly how this population also has deep-rooted trauma and attachment issues. They were able to benefit tremendously from his expertise in this area.

Tim is very excited to share his deep-seated knowledge and experience with other behavior analysts. Tim hopes that you too can gain from using ABA instead of the traditional lense used in the treatment of trauma and attachment.

Gary Carone

Gary has over thirty years of experience working with all populations and propelling each client to great heights. Mr. Carone has worked in the mental health/human service field for over 30 years. Mr Carone was founder and past president of PsychSystems P.C., a 1200 client accredited (CARF) private organization that specialized in helping people with developmental disabilities and SMI. Mr Carone originated the ABA program with this group, and developed it into an 80 client program that spanned 5 Michigan counties. Mr. Carone was also a past member of the Monroe (MI) County Community Mental Health Board of Directors and was a past faculty member at the University of Michigan.

Basha Gruber

Basha Gruber, MS BCBA LBA is the director of a preschool for children with ASD. She is also The BCBA supervisor and consults with BCBAs while reviewing programs, treatment plans and behavior intervention plans.

Sara L. Stern

Sara L. Stern is a Board- Certified Behavior Analyst as well as a Licensed Behavior Analyst in the state of NY. Previously, Sara L. was the clinical director of Proud Moments ABA Therapy, an insurance based company that provides ABA to clients in different settings. In the past, she’s also supervised cases involving children with ASD for close to 10 years at Classic Rehabilitation Ltd, an early intervention agency. She has mentored many individuals going for their BCBA and has conducted numerous trainings on a variety of topics.

Sara L. is currently an adjunct professor at Manhattanville as well as the College of Mount St Vincent. She is especially interested in learning about and using technology in assisting individuals on the spectrum to become more independent.