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Meet The ABLE Team

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Claire

Director

Claire formerly worked as a paraprofessional and emotional/behavior support specialist in private and public schools, and has extensive ABA training. She joined us in March 2020.

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Rebecca

Director

Rebecca began her career as an elementary school special education teacher. She is trained in ABA, and holds a Master of Arts in teaching special education. She joined the ABLE team in 2020.

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Sandy

Supervisor

Sandy's been with ABLE since 2013, and worked in a school for special needs children and adults before that. 

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Ali

Teacher

Ali had been assisting in classrooms for special needs children since 2012. She stared with ABLE in 2021. She has a background in ABA instruction and crisis prevention.

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Rachael

Teacher

Rachael has been in (and out of) the field of adult services since 2011. She has been a friend of many of our ABLE members for most of her life. 

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Wayne

Support Staff

Wayne came to us from The Arc. He's been a driver and individual support specialist at ABLE since 2020. 

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Joe

Founder

Joe has been working in this field for over 15 years, and founded this ABLE program in 2017. His previous roles were individual support specialist, program supervisor, teacher of students with disabilities, and director of ABLE. 

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Kathy

Driver

Kathy has been driving clients and helping out with ABLE since it started in 2017. She also works as an individual support specialist. 

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Lauren

Director

Lauren has been with our program since day-1, first as a volunteer, then part-timer, and now director. She left the field of teaching to join us full-time in Sep 2022. 

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Shaliqua

Support Staff

Shaliqua joined the ABLE team in August 2022. She previously worked in day habilitation and group home settings. Her experience makes her an exciting addition as support staff at the Westfield location

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Christina

Support Staff

Christina joined ABLE at the start of 2023, with many years experience in nursing and adult care. She joined the team as a part-time driver support member, and has had such a positive influence already.

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Do you love making people happy? Do you want to make a living doing that? Contact us!

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