I started as a special education teacher. I crossed over to ABA because I kept watching school staff reinvent the wheel. Alone, unsupported, and working from training that wasn't built for their setting. I became a school-based BCBA so I could change that from the inside.
I started my career in special education. I loved the work. But I kept bumping into the same wall: no shared language around behavior, no systems that held without me, and a BCBA who showed up once a month with recommendations nobody knew how to run.
So I went back to school, got my BCBA, and stepped into the role I kept wishing existed. What I found when I got there surprised me. Even with the credential, I was completely unprepared for the realities of being the only behavior person in a building. The training was clinical. The job was chaos.
I spent the next several years figuring out what actually works inside school walls. How to coach staff who didn't ask for your help. How to write behavior plans teachers will actually run. How to build systems that don't fall apart the moment you're out of the building.
The DMs started before I ever thought about teaching any of this. "How do you do this?" Over and over, from school BCBAs who were drowning in the same things I'd figured out. So I started sharing. The Behavior Lounge, the resources, the training content. None of it was planned. It just kept being the answer someone needed.
Every step informed the next one. Here's how a sped teacher ended up building resources and community for hundreds of school-based BCBAs.
Started my career inside K–12 special education classrooms. Learned the building, the staff, the students. And started seeing the same problems nobody had a good answer to. The behavior wheel got reinvented every year, in every building, with nothing to show for it.
Went back to school to earn my BCBA while working in schools. Added M.Ed, LBA, and LBS1 credentials. Graduated into a role with a title that felt right and a training that hadn't actually prepared me for what the job looked like in real buildings with real constraints.
Spent years in the work. Writing BIPs, coaching staff, navigating admin relationships, building systems that actually held. Got good at translating ABA into something teachers could actually run. Started developing the frameworks, scripts, and tools that became the foundation for everything I teach now.
Started sharing on Instagram (@school_based_bcba) what I'd figured out the hard way. The response was immediate. Thousands of school BCBAs recognizing themselves in the content. Built a resource library, launched CEU content, and started mentoring BCBAs into their first independent school roles.
Running The Behavior Lounge (195+ members, monthly CEUs, 70+ resources), building out district-facing consulting partnerships, and continuing to create the training and content I wish had existed when I started. Still a school-based BCBA at heart. Just with a platform now.
No matter how we work together, here's what you can count on from me.
I'm not consulting from a clinic or a textbook. I have a decade of doing this inside real buildings. Coaching frustrated paras in real time, navigating admin pushback, and building behavior plans for the Monday morning your staff is already overwhelmed. I know what it looks like because I lived it.
No jargon parades. No "as a behavior analyst" lectures that talk down to teachers. I'll tell you when a strategy won't fly in your setting and give you something that will. The school system is structurally broken in places and I'm not going to pretend it isn't while handing you a checklist.
Every resource, call, or consult ends with something you can implement the same week. Not a framework to "reflect on." A script. A template. A next step. Because the point of behavior support isn't understanding it. It's actually being able to do something with it on a Monday morning.
Whether you're an individual BCBA looking for your people or a district ready to get serious about behavior, there's a way in.
The professional membership built for school-based BCBAs. Monthly CEUs, weekly live Q&As, 70+ resources, and 195+ BCBAs who actually get it. $25/month or $247/year.
Learn More →A turnkey behavior system for districts that want to level up without a full consulting engagement. Para training, BIP templates, referral system, and a 4-week rollout. $697, one-time.
Learn More →Full-framework district consulting using The School-Based Behavior System™ methodology. Monthly leadership calls, BCBA coaching cycles, BIP/FBA review, and more. From $2,500/mo.
Learn More →Before I was the BCBA everyone was calling, I was the sped teacher wondering why behavior support felt so inaccessible. That perspective shapes everything I build.
You'll find me on Instagram (@school_based_bcba) making content that's part professional development, part "I can't believe this is our job." Comfy outfits very much on purpose.
I call out what's structurally broken in school systems. Not to vent, but because naming the problem is the first step to changing it. My content has a point of view and I'm not shy about it.
Whether you're looking for community, CEUs, tools, or a full district consulting partner — there's a next step. Let's figure out the right fit together.