Jill L. Saxon, PhD, BCBA-DBoard Certified Behavior Analyst - Doctoral
Licenced Behavior Analyst in NY and MA Jill Saxon is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst at the doctoral level. Jill provides behavioral consultation and ABA services to families, focusing on children with ASD, anxiety and OCD symptoms, feeding challenges, behavioral challenges, and ADHD. Beyond targeting individual behaviors, Jill works with families to improve the skills and overall quality of life for their child through pragmatic, evidence-based treatment and consultation based on the principles of ABA. Jill has particular interest in family-based approaches to build adaptive coping skills, emotional regulation, and behavioral flexibility through Acceptance and Commitment Training (ACT). Jill is also trained in SPACE – Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions, a caregiver-based approach to reducing children’s anxiety and OCD symptoms.
Jill previously worked as a Behavioral Consultant/District Behaviorist at a public school district in New Jersey and as a Behavior Analyst at Douglass Developmental Disabilities Center (DDDC) at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. In these roles, Jill worked with public school teaching staff and related service professionals, Directors of Special Services, and Child Study Teams to provide support to students with developmental disabilities and behavioral challenges. Jill has authored articles in peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, and college-level textbook supplements and has presented at the Autism New Jersey Annual Conference and the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science World Conference. She recently served as an Adjunct Faculty Member at the Van Loan School of Graduate and Professional Studies at Endicott College. CREDENTIALS
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Gail Willner-Giwerc, Ed.M, MSFAMILY AND CHILD LEARNING AND BEHAVIOR COACH
Gail Willner-Giwerc is an educator with over 35 years of experience working with children ages birth to 21. Gail has been both a special education and a general education classroom teacher for preschool and elementary school. She has had the privilege of supporting families in their homes in this capacity as well as through Early Intervention. Gail has also been a reading specialist for elementary students and a special education consultant/special education resource room teacher for kindergarten through high school.
Gail helps families develop healthy routines for homework, mealtime, sleep/bedtime, and other regular practices (e.g., getting ready for school and organizing toys and materials). She supports children and families with social-emotional and behavioral challenges, such as frustration tolerance, impulse control/self-regulation, executive functioning, tolerance and flexibility for rules and routines, and focus and engagement. Gail’s special education background enables her to help parents and children understand and develop strategies for living with autism, ADHD, and other developmental delays. As an educator, Gail is also available to provide consultation with regards to children’s self-image as a learner, developmental challenges, and concerns with learning and academic growth, as well as on IEP and 504 Plan development. Gail enjoys the opportunity to work collaboratively with parents and children through the use of positive and goal-oriented approaches to help all to be their best selves together and as individuals. CREDENTIALS
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Amy S. Ash, MA, PD, NCSP, BCBABoard Certified Behavior Analyst
School Psychologist Amy Ash is a School Psychologist and a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA). Parenting her own differently-abled children has shaped how Amy approaches her work, as she knows first-hand how challenging this journey can be. This enables her to forge strong, trusting relationships with parents and families.
Amy has a wealth of experience administering cognitive assessments, developing IEPs, providing individual and group counseling services, and implementing social skills training as a School Psychologist. She brings this together with her in-depth knowledge of applied behavior analytic principles to support children with executive functioning, social, and behavioral challenges. Amy creates thoughtful interventions which help to decrease problematic behavior while increasing more appropriate, functional behaviors. CREDENTIALS
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