About Us

We are so glad you are here and hope we can answer all your questions and be your preferred ABA providers. 

To help you get to know us better, a short bio will be presented. Please contact us with any additional questions you might have! We look forward to visiting with you. 

My educational preparation begin at Southeastern Oklahoma State University (SOSU) in Durant, Oklahoma. My undergraduate degree as well as graduate degree in school counseling are from SOSU. Personally, this area is very special to me because I meet my husband during our undergraduate time at SOSU. 

After my graduate training at SOSU, I began my career in education and have worked in a variety of roles in the public education sector. Roles such as general educator, school counselor, behavior specialist, special education counselor, ARD facilitator, in-home trainer, and participating member of the autism diagnostic team. I would not trade for any of these experiences! Each one taught me effective collaboration skills, multi-tiered systems, policies, procedures and mandates of our public school systems. 

During my time in public education, I was fortunate enough to have a student who displayed many of the characteristics of ASD. He taught me some valuable lessons, the most significant being that I needed more knowledge and skills to deal effectively with learners exhibiting behavioral excesses and challenges. Fortunately, the University of North Texas (UNT) offered specialized graduate programs which I enrolled in and found my lifelong passion in the science of ABA. After completing my graduate degree in special education from UNT,  I enrolled in their specialized doctoral program which was grant funded through the Office of Special Education Programs and entitled: Systematic Training for Autism Researchers and School Personnel (STARS). I am forever grateful for the opportunity that I had to study at UNT and be involved in this program. One of the program goals was to prepare students to teach in higher education. I graduated with my doctorate in 2011 and went straight into university teaching, where I taught full-time and directed the university-based autism center. I wholeheartedly agree with the French moralist and essayist, Joseph Joubert who said "To Teach is To Learn Twice." I love teaching at the collegiate level and currently teach in an ABA graduate program as well as graduate Special Education program. Being the director of the autism center taught me a great deal about running an effective business where personnel are motivated to be at work. 

All of my training and background experiences have brought me to opening my own ABA business. I believe my  training and experience in both fields of licensed professional counselor and board certified behavior analyst complement each other and assist me in being the most beneficial leader I can be. 

I firmly believe in the Romans verse "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose" (8:28) and know that God has called me to the purpose of serving my communities and delivering the most effective behavior change services available. 

I always enjoy discussing the field of ABA and am here to answer any questions you may have over our services, programming options, or job-related inquiries here at Behavioral Focus.