Our Team
Professional and Reliable Team
At Behavioral Learning Systems, Inc., we have a diverse collection of Board-Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs) and Registered Behavior Technicians (RBTs). As members of a locally-owned clinic, the team can create specialized programs carefully customized to your individual needs. We do not have a cookie-cutter approach.
Our therapists focus on truly getting to know you through the consultation, assessment, and pairing processes. We work together with you to build upon your unique interests and strengths to meet behavioral goals. Our aim is for therapy to be an environment that honors your autonomy and an event in which you enjoy participating.
Meet our Behavior Analysts:
Janice Pulcini
Teresa Yancey
Cheryl Fraley
Ilex Gonzalez
Megan Wilson
Taraneh Derakhshan
Mackensie Soto
Corrinne Jacoby
Rachel Kaplan
Jesse Gura
Michihiro Watanabe
Jessica Natale
Our Approach
The team at Behavioral Learning Systems, Inc., offers a systematic, step-by-step approach to finding solutions to a variety of human behavior and performance problems. Blending scientific behavioral principles with best practices in the fields of Applied Behavior Analysis, special education, and person-centered care.
We bring practical, effective, evidence-based, and “user-friendly” solutions to the home, community, and school settings. By using the latest technology in applied behavior analysis, our team can be instrumental in making lasting change happen.
Our Holistic Outlook
Therapeutic services are offered by Behavioral Learning Systems, Inc., at home and in the community. Our clinic has developed a good relationship with both public and private schools in the area, which has allowed us to provide behavioral services in academic settings as well.
The clinic offers both one-on-one therapy as well as social groups in which clients can interact with age-appropriate peers. Using both naturalistic and direct teaching methods, therapists emphasize language, social, play, daily living, and self-regulation skills as well as on-problem behavior reduction.
The team also provides parent and caregiver training so that behavioral interventions developed in the clinic can be implemented in natural environments to assure that progress is maintained and generalized.
Our Passion
Our passion is to help individuals of all ages reach their fullest potential. We believe all children can learn and have the right to live a meaningful life. We aim to resolve problem behaviors while teaching functional skills for lasting change. We use the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis as our basis for successful interventions. We use only positive, proven, and effective methods.
Our Mission
Our mission is to significantly improve the quality of your and your family's lives by empowering you with the skills to solve behavior problems and by helping you acquire new and positive behaviors. We offer a systematic, step-by-step approach to finding solutions for a variety of human behavior and performance problems.
Blending scientific behavioral principles with best practices in the fields of Applied Behavior Analysis, Special Education, and Person-Centered Care, we bring practical, effective, evidence-based, and “user-friendly” solutions to the home, community, and school setting.
Our Core Beliefs
All behavior occurs for a reason and has a specific adaptive function for the individual.
Challenging or problem behaviors are really symptoms of underlying deficits.
Problem behavior can be replaced by socially-desirable behavior through effective teaching and environmental programming.
Every individual, regardless of their disability, has the right to live a full and rewarding life.
Our Commitment to Diversity
At Behavioral Learning Systems, Inc., we celebrate diversity in all its forms. We open our arms to our community, including our employees and clients. Regardless of age, race, ethnicity, gender, mental or physical abilities, sexual orientation, gender identity, education level, socioeconomic level, religion, culture… we celebrate ALL that which makes each one of us UNIQUE and DIFFERENT.
Our company is working towards developing a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace to better serve our clients’ diverse needs. We will never be satisfied and we will constantly strive to achieve more inclusivity at our company.
We know that together we are richer, stronger, more creative, and better. Together, we make a WHOLE WORLD.
We demonstrate our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the following ways:
All staff members are trained in diversity, equity, and inclusion annually.
All staff members complete a DEI self-assessment annually.
We provide translation services to those from different cultural backgrounds.
Our Story
The first behavioral therapy clinic to open in Gainesville, Behavioral Learning Systems, Inc., has been serving the needs of its residents as well as those of surrounding communities since 2006. Since then, the clinic has been able to expand into Lake City, where it provides both clinical and educational services through the Behavioral Learning Academy.
By using the latest technology in behavioral psychology, we can be instrumental in making lasting change happen!
