For Schools/ Agencies
Nina holds active Washoe County Substitute License, BCBA Certification and Nevada LBA, Nevada Registry Career Ladder Level 6.2, FBI Background Check
FBAs, BIPs, & Behavior Consultation
With parent approval, we offer schools behavior consultation, FBA reports, and Behavior Intervention Plans support individual children (1-12+ years) who are struggling in the center/classroom. These can be used for IEPs, eligibility, curriculum and intervention planning, and more. If you feel like there are incident reports or major referrals piling up and you or your teachers need support, please reach out to us!
Classroom Coaching
We provide coaching and direct support to teachers as they prepare the environment for success, prevent and manage challenging behaviors, and plan for social-emotional learning. Coaching can be in person for individual classroom teachers, pyramidal training of management teams and other support staff, and via Telehealth.
Professional Development
We will customize professional development workshops, seminars, and other adult learning opportunities to suit the specific needs of your teachers and administrators. These can be on a reoccurring or one-time basis and may be combined with coaching to support implementation of training content, promote fluency, and generalization of skills to the classroom.
Training (NV Registry)
Nevada Registry approved trainings (those that fulfill annual training requirements for child-care licensing) are available online and in-person. Teachers, administrators, and other support staff are encouraged to participate. Trainings utilize multiple modalities and rely heavily on trainee input and participation to make the presentation meaningful and applicable to their everyday work.
Please note, ECE trainings that are not behavior-analytic in nature are not covered by the BACB credential.
Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)
Pyramid Model Implementation & Support
The Pyramid Model for Supporting Social Emotional Competence in Infants and Young Children (Fox et al., 2003; Hemmeter et al., 2006) serves as the framework for the implementation of PBIS (Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports) within ECE classrooms and early intervention programs (NCPMI, 2023). If you desire your classrooms to be more developmentally appropriate, responsive, and have effective classroom management, we provide many forms of support and are not afraid to jump in and get our hands dirty so teachers feel empowered!
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
The overall goal of ACT is to increase psychological flexibility by helping individuals accept and understand their emotions without judgment and make choices that lead to a positive and meaningful life (using a person-centered approach to achieve a life they deem valuable).
Accept. Identify. Move. (AIM; Intermediate)
AIM combines the concepts of mindfulness, ACT, and ABA to teach students how to successfully tolerate and manage their emotions. The curriculum is comprised of a tiered model of supports to ensure appropriate intervention based on the needs of each child (Dixon & Paliliunas, 2018). The curriculum can be used in schools, individual classrooms, and in direct sessions.
AIM Explorers (ages 3-10)
The AIM Explorers curriculum is a series designed for younger children (ages 3-10) that directly aligns with CASEL's core competencies for Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) and ACT hexaflex processes. It incorporates mindfulness activities with role plays, metaphor building, and perspective taking activities (Dixon, 2023). Each aspect of the hexaflex corresponds to an animal with stories to illustrate the processes in action to make it easier for littler ones to understand.