Entries by Jill Vaught

Staff Spotlight: Shelly Will, Center Manager, Little Star Center Lafayette

Shelly has served as center manager at Little Star Center Lafayette  for four years. She handles overall operations regarding the center and communication with families. What do you most enjoy about your job at Little Star Center? I enjoy being part of the Little Star team and the learners’ therapy. Some of the therapists ask the […]

Staff Spotlight: Breanne Hartley, PhD, BCBA-D

Number of years at Little Star Center: Start date – April 1, 2015 (Breanne is the former clincial director at Verbal Behavior Center for Autism, which is now joined with Little Star Center). Title and responsibilities at Little Star Center Clinical Director; I provide supervision and oversight of the clinical practices amongst all Little Star […]

Learners get “sweet” reinforcement at Little Star Center-Bloomington

Food pairing with any learner or person with or without disabilities has to be individualized! During the month of April, our learners at Little Star Center-Bloomington were introduced to different foods in an attempt to reinforce tasting one new food per week. We specifically picked out food that the learners could put together as well […]

20 Insights from 20 Years of Experience as an Indiana ABA therapist

By Jennifer LaMarca I’ve been blessed to have spent the last 20 years providing early, intensive ABA programming for young children with autism in their homes.  From working in Dr. Lovaas’ Young Autism Project replication site as a therapist, to being the first early, intensive ABA consultant residing in Indiana, my experiences have certainly shaped […]