Lori Russo: This is a time where we have two days where we bring in all of our leaders. We bring in experts from the field. They have opportunities to learn from them directly, they have opportunities to collaborate, learn new skills to improve their overall approach to treatment, all of the things that they learn at Ace is an opportunity for them to take that back to their centers and improve client care and it also shows that we are a company dedicated to learning
Dino Eliopoulos: We invested in parent training and resources through ACE and the materials that we’ve developed over the time and the work that we do around that is coming from the mentors to the BCBAs to venture the staff and today we’re one of the few organizations that have done a wonderful job developing that generalization that parents very much need for their child.
Jessica Stout: So I’ve been in Ace for 3 years now, and it gets better and better every single year. BI not only connects us with our local colleagues and all of their expertise, but they bring in topic matter experts. They’re talking about the things that are relevant to the field today.
Chanel Sedeno: Every time I come, I learn something new, something I can add into the service with my kids.
Jasmine Smith: Not many companies provide their employees with this type of opportunity, especially not for free. I feel like I’ve benefited the most from the languages of appreciation and the crucial conversations that we get to do as a leadership team.
Mikeala Swinnea: I really like it because it’s specifically tailored to us as clinicians and what we’re doing in the center, so everything we’re learning we’re able to immediately implement.
Shala Alai-Rosales: I think one of the most important things that we have here at BI is we have a community, and a community can help us learn and grow, and it can also inspire us.
Ed Maher: Taking some of our best folks, some of our most experienced folks, and having them, you know, come to the centers on a weekly basis to talk and mentor and collaborate with the folks in the centers and really help advance the care.
Mirra Smith: So here at Behavioral Innovations, we’re not just building teams, we’re building a community, a work community, that allows everybody to feel valued and everyone feels supported and thrives, and it’s just ready to succeed.
Kristine Delosa: I truly feel passionate about developing the next leaders of our organization, which empowers them to go out in give them the ability to impact and touch that many more lives.
Chelsea Smith Shiroma: The technologies that we provide allow our clinicians to make efficient changes, effective changes, for our clients. We’re able to see client progress, and we’re able to see how the families and the clients are doing on the goals that we’re working on.
Carla Edwards: So, Ace has always been an opportunity to learn information, but also practice those things while we’re here together. We’re able to bring in expert speakers from our field, really ABA pioneers, and when they’re coming as teams, they not only get to practice but they get to take those things back to their own and show those to the staff that we work with.
Ellie Kazemi: The staff are the pillars, and so if we can provide them with the coaching and support that they need, they can absolutely then take that right into the individuals we’re so privileged to get to serve.
Pilar Bonilla: Making sure that we provide Compassionate Care training and Progressive practices so we can support all the families that we serve as well.
Malika Pritchett: That people understand that the child and the RBT and the BCBA and the family are all part of the same system, and that it’s important to understand that the system is constantly changing, and we have to be nimble, and we have to understand that goal development and progress is all dependent on everybody in the system.
Joe Cihon: Striking the balance between capturing learning opportunities and contriving learning opportunities and finding the balance between the two really helps accelerate the learning process.