ABOUT US
“Enriching lives and building stronger families one behavior at a time.”
Equip Behavioral Services uses principles of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) to aid the individual in acquiring essential foundational skills, while decreasing occurrences of disruptive, dangerous, and/or challenging behaviors as we equip the individual, the individual’s family and caregivers with the necessary tools to strengthen and maintain these learned skills that will generalize across all facets of their life. Equip prepares the individuals we serve for independence with their loved ones long after services are discontinued.
Equip embraces the science of human behavior and utilizes evidenced based teaching strategies such as Discrete Training Trials, Behavior Rehearsals and Role-Play, Natural Environment Training, and chaining procedures to promote maximum success by acquisition and mastery of necessary essential skills. Additionally, we program for generalization of newly acquired skills across all the people and environments where they will be used.
To achieve our mission, Equip has created a culture of excellence by only hiring therapists with aspirations to develop and grow within the field of Behavior Analysis and Behavior Analysts who possess superb clinical skills, true passion for helping others, and a commitment to innovation of services and behavioral technology. Since we highly value quality and innovation, all of our therapist goes through a rigorous training to become Registered Behavior Technicians, while all of our Behavior Analysts comes from reputable ABA programs and are encouraged to attend state and national conferences to ensure that everyone possesses the latest knowledge on the most current behavioral research and technologies. In addition, we conduct monthly supervision to ensure adequate oversight of current cases as well as a forum to collaborate on effective treatment strategies and discuss new research in the field.
OUR CLINICAL TEAM
OJ Nofuente is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst who received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology at University of Central Florida, and his Master of Science Degree in Applied Behavior Analysis at Florida institute of Technology. Similar to his co-founder, Leslie Hall, he has been practicing the science of Applied Behavior Analysis for quite some time with over 14 years of experience and in various settings such as in-home, early intervention clinics, school settings, and adult day training and vocational centers. OJ has worked with children, adolescents, and adults with varying degrees of intellectual and developmental disabilities as well as individuals who have no developmental or intellectual delay but present with behavioral challenges. Moreover, OJ worked with extensively with parents, teachers, and caregivers in teaching them essential skills to develop strategies and structures to maintain acquired replacement skills for those receiving services and keep rates of challenging behaviors at bay. Finally, OJ has experience in Organization Behavior Management where principles of Applied Behavior Analysis is applied in an organization level as the previous Director of an Adult Day Training Center. OJ is passionate about helping all the individuals he serve in maximizing their full potential through acquisition of skills as well as their families, teachers, and caregivers in creating an environment that will allow development, growth, and independence in all facets of life.
Leslie Hall is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst who completed her undergraduate degree in Psychology at the University of Central Florida, and her Master of Science in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) at Florida Institute of Technology. She has over 10 years of experience in the field of ABA working with children, adolescents and adults with varying disabilities. Treatment settings include in-home behavioral services, working in clinics providing early intervention services, consulting in the school setting (grades Pre K-12), and adult day training and vocational centers. Her passion is to apply and teach principles of ABA in as many settings as possible to assist in making a meaningful difference in the quality of each individual’s life.
Amber Lampert received an M.S. degree in Applied Behavior Analysis from Florida Institute of Technology (FIT) in May 2018. She has since begun a Ph.D. program at FIT starting in Fall of 2018. Amber has worked in the field since 2015 providing 1-1 instruction to children diagnosed with autism and other developmental disabilities. In May 2017, Amber co-founded Quest Swims, which is a program that provides swim instruction to children diagnosed with developmental disabilities. This program also has ongoing active research that is investigating key swim skills and the effects of swim instruction on skills in an entire curriculum.
Kirsis Liriano is a Registered Behavioral technician who currently resides in Orlando FL with her husband and 3-month-old son. Kirsis has 10+ years of experience working with kids with special needs as a care provider and now as a RBT. She has a passion for working with kids to develop their skills and educate their parents in the latest behavior development techniques. She is currently pursuing her Bachelor Degree in Special Education at Western Governors University. Kirsis’ goal is to become a Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst®(BCaBA®) this year and continue to the next stages of her career. In her free time, Kirsis enjoys cooking and spending quality time with her family.
