AlphaBee’s clinical team consists of professionals with extensive education, training and experience in Applied Behaviour Analysis and service delivery and coordination.
CEO – Dunya Marijan-Winterson
Director of Clinical Services – Laura Dignard
Director of Operations – Shikha Rajput
Intake Coordinator – Stella Panagakos
Clinical Managers – Lisa Kota, Dana Pettus, Bradey Kankowski
Clinical Consults (CCs)- Laura Dignard, Lisa Kota, Pam Lawrynowycz, Dana Pettus, Lauren Sugar, Navdeep Sahota, Nicola MacDonald, Samantha Pardy, Xena Arvanitis
Supervised Therapists (ST) and Clinical Supervisors (CS)
At AlphaBee we value professional development, training and lifelong learning. As part of our commitment to quality services and best practice, our staff regularly participate in continuing education activities that include our monthly skills building team meeting, and attending outside workshops and courses. Below is a list of workshops and courses our team has attended in addition to AlphaBee conferences and training.
Increasing the Vocal Behaviour of Children with Autism (Dr. Vincent Carbone, PhD, BCBA-D)
Dispelling the Myths and Overcoming Implementation Obstacles related to the Functional Assessment and Treatment of Problem Behaviour (Dr. Gregory Hanley, PhD, BCBA-D)
Teaching Perspective Taking and Executive Function Skills to Children with Autism (Dr. Jonathan Tarbox, PhS, BCBA-D)
Reducing Problem Behaviour (Dr. Vincent Carbone, PhD, BCBA-D)
Advanced Topics in Applied Behaviour Analysis (Dr. Vincent Carbone, PhD, BCBA-D)
Designing and Implementing a Language and Social Skills Intervention Program Based on the VB-MAPP (Dr. Mark Sundberg, PhD, BCBA-D)
Language for Living (Dr. Patrick McGreevy, PhD, BCBA-D)
Teaching Children with Developmental Disabilities to Speak: Current Research and Best Practice (Burns, M.S., Kaufman, N. R., Kasper, T. S., & Rosenfeld-Johnson, S.)
The VB-MAPP (Dr. Mark Sundberg, PhD, BCBA-D)
Teaching Conversation Skills to Children with Autism (Holly Kibbe, BCBA & Cherish Twigg, BCBA)
Developmental and Multi Sensory Approach to Teaching Fine Motor Skills
Functional Assessment of Serious Problem Behaviour (Dr. Matthew Normand, PhD, BCBA-D)
Preparing and Supporting Learners with Autism in School Placements (Dr. David Celibreti, PhD, BCBA-D)
Parent and Professional Collaboration in the Land of ABA (Dr. David Celibreti, PhD, BCBA-D)
Augmentative and Alternative Communication and Ethics for Behavior Analysts
PECS Training
Direct Instruction
Recurring events: ABAI, Geneva Centre Autism Symposium, and ONTABA
