DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS + FOUNDER
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Emily founded Grow Behavior Services in 2019 and currently oversees its operations, in addition to supporting with its clinical team. She grew up on Bainbridge Island, and is committed to providing compassionate, connection-based therapy services in a community close to her heart. Emily has worked with autistic and neurodivergent individuals and their families since 2005, managing and implementing skill development programs in homes, schools, camps, community settings and research contexts throughout the Northwest and New England. In 2012, she earned her BCBA and Master’s in Education with an ABA emphasis from the University of Washington, focusing on play-based and naturalistic programming centered around goals determined by the child and family. Emily was a member of the University of Washington’s BCBA graduate program practicum supervision team for 2018-2021 and has a special interest in mentoring aspiring BCBAs and related providers. She continues to focus on this area through her formation and leadership of Grow, a small independent agency that prioritizes providing high quality training, coaching and professional development in the use of reformed and ethical ABA. In her personal time, Emily enjoys baking, theater and exploring the PNW with her husband and kids.

CLINICAL DIRECTOR
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Erin has been a member of the Grow team since 2020 and took on the role of Clinical Director in 2022. She's been lucky enough to work with young autistic children and their families since 2004. She has a master's degree in Early Childhood Special Education with an emphasis in ABA. From 2011-2019, Erin worked at the University of Washington’s Experimental Education Unit (EEU) as a classroom teacher, BCBA, and supervisor for UW graduate students in the Project DATA program; an extended-day classroom and family support program for preschoolers with an ASD diagnosis. She continued her career there providing training and coaching in Positive Behavior Support strategies with the teaching staff for 2 additional years. The areas Erin are most interested in as a therapist are helping children to communicate and advocate for themselves, finding meaningful and joyful ways to connect, and helping families feel successful in the support of their children. She is also passionate about issues of race + equity and creating neurodiversity-affirming spaces in both her work and personal life. Erin and her husband have lived on Bainbridge Island since 2011 and love being surrounded by the forest and water. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, taking care of her many house plants, and dancing or drawing with her son.

ASSISTANT PROGRAM MANAGER
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Milly joined the Grow team in 2021 as a Registered Behavior Technician and is currently in her second and final year in the University of Washington’s Masters in Special Education and Applied Behavior Analysis graduate program. Milly is also due to complete the credential requirements to become a Licensed Assistant Behavior Analyst in Fall of 2023. Milly has worked in the field of Special Education both within the USA and the UK since 2003, in various roles and environments including classrooms, clinics and recreational and adult day services. In particular, Milly’s experience has focused on compassionately meeting the dynamic and evolving needs of the whole family in advocating and accessing meaningful and assent-based services. Milly absolutely loves play and the application of naturalistic play opportunities to connect with her clients and build a lasting rapport. Milly moved from the UK with her husband in 2010 and has since lived in Florida, California and now calls the PNW home. In her free time, Milly enjoys reading, playing board games with her family and gardening – especially as the weather and plants remind her of the UK!

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SENIOR BEHAVIOR TECHNICIAN
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