The perfect blend of science and feelings.
Sometimes you are just too close to the fire.
You can’t see the forest for the trees.
Things aren’t the way you imagined, a loved one’s behavior is mind-blowing, and your own behavior in response, is not how you thought you would be, not how you want to behave. And you don’t know what else to do, you are giving it your all and it just doesn’t seem to be enough…
That is when you need another set of eyes and ears. You need an evidence based perspective you can trust. Someone willing to show you what you are doing that is right, and can help you identify what isn’t working. Someone who won’t judge but that you can trust will say what they see.
You may just find that perspective in the connection lab.
Connection Lab Menu
Parenting
Being a parent is hard! The hardest thing you will ever do. It also doesn't end, it just changes over a lifetime. It seems that whatever way we go, or respond, it might be wrong, so it can cripple us with fear. I collaborate with parents rather than prescribe a single right way. We start with what we want the outcome to look like, then we look at what is standing in the way of the that. I partner with parents to make the changes they need to see the results in their relationship with their children using proven techniques and science based methodologies. Parents are their child’s most important interventionist. You can do this..I know because I have been there.
Workshops
I love to teach!! I am available for workshops for church groups, individual neighborhood groups, schools, teacher workshops, and online zoom meet ups. I teach the principles of behavior, how to provide quality attention to children that increases relationship and decreases problems. I teach how to promote cooperation in families and the best type of consequences for problem behavior - all based on the best practices of behavior science, developmental psychology and neuroscience.
Classroom & Teachers
Sometimes, behavior in a classroom can be a mystery to all who are close to the situation. Using evidence based methods, I can be the observer to help see through the complex behaviors observed in classrooms. I have a long history of teacher training classroom observation experience and am able to objectively partner with teachers and staff to help children and classrooms be the most positive they can be.
Children
I work directly with children who are able to self-advocate their desire to learn and grow with someone outside their home. Most of the time, I work with children alongside their parents to model play skills, communication skills, and strategies for increasing cooperation and connection. Children live within the context of their family and classroom. Because behavior therapists are the primary interventionist for children with autism, I can recommend behavior analysts who work directly with children to teach life skills when a child presents with significant delays.
Professional Collaboration
I am constantly working with other professionals both inside the field of behavior and outside. I love to collaborate with other professionals on the topics of Acceptance and commitment training, Trust Based Relationship Interventions, and behavior analysis. “It takes a village to raise a child” It also takes a village to support each other. Collaboration, supervision, it keeps us all on our toes, being the best professionals we can be.
Personal Behavior Change
I work with individuals as a personal behavior coach. Sometimes, we need an outside perspective, and a guiding voice to see things in a new way. Based on the science of learning, relation frame theory (the way humans relate with language), and acceptance and commitment therapy; personal behavior change coaching lets you take charge of how you want to be. It is not just for parents; personal behavior coaching is for anyone who wants to “do better”. Isn’t that all of us? All the time? Make a committed action to be the human you want to be, regardless of your circumstances.
“All behavior is wholly sensible in the context in which it emerges."
—Kelly Wilson, PH.D ACT Trainer
