Isabelle Cowan MASP. L. Psych., BCBA Director
Julie Michaud M.Ed., BCBA Learning Specialist – Education Lead
Emily Forestell M.Sc. Ed., BCBA Learning Specialist – Early Childhood Lead
Catherine Breault M.Ed., BCBA Learning Specialist – Education
Susan Maxwell M.Ed. Learning Specialist – Education
Sheri Gallant M.Ed., BCBA Learning Specialist – Education
Monette LeBlanc-Priemer M.Ed., BCBA Learning Specialist – Education
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Monette LeBlanc-Priemer is a learning specialist for the Autism Learning Partnership (ALP), a branch of the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development in New Brunswick (Canada). Monette has been working with school personnel since 2004. She obtained her master’s degree in education with honours in resource teaching in 2010 and served as a resource teacher for seven years. She has been working as a Learning Specialist with the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development since 2012. Monette obtained her behavioural analyst certification from the Behavior Analyst Certification Board in 2016, after completing her training at the University of North Texas. Her areas of expertise are the assessment and programming of learning and behaviour for school-age learners with autism spectrum disorders, the creation and implementation of training for school staff and the support of complex cases. |
Tina Cole M.Ed. Learning Specialist – Education
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Tina Cole is a Learning Specialist for the Autism Learning Partnership (ALP), a branch of the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development in New Brunswick (Canada). Tina completed her master’s degree in education in resource teaching at the Université de Moncton in 2018. She also worked for eight years as a high school teacher and resource teacher (elementary and secondary) in the South Francophone School District. She is currently completing the coursework required to obtain her certification as a Board Certified Behaviour Analyst (BCBA). |
Lynn Gaudet MAPS. L. Psych Leaning Specialist – Early Childhood
Ariane Choquette M.Ed. Leaning Specialist – Early Childhood
Natalie Léger M.Ed. Learning Specialist
Stéphanie Melanson M.Ed. Learning Specialist – Research and Innovation Lead
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Stéphanie Mélanson is the Research and Innovation lead for the Autism Learning Partnership (ALP), a branch of the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development in New Brunswick (Canada). Stéphanie obtained her Bachelor of Education degree from the Université of Moncton in 2007. She then completed a Master’s degree in resource teaching at the Université of Moncton in 2009 then worked as a resource teacher for almost 8 years. This experience allowed her to work with fellow teachers, parents, community members, but most importantly, students with a multitude of strengths and challenges. Her interest in the autism spectrum disorder began in 2012, when she was part of the province’s first cohort of resource teachers who completed level 1 of the ASD and Behavioural Interventions training. She then completed level 2 of the “Learning for teaching” training in 2014–2015. In January 2016, she had the opportunity to work in the South Francophone school district as a Learning Support Services Learning Specialist. In September 2016, she became an Education Support Services Learning Specialist at the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development and worked with teams of resource teachers from the province who were completing Level 2 training. |
Maha Imazitene, MBA, Outreach Consultant
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Maha Imazitene is the Outreach Consultant for the Autism Learning Partnership (ALP), a branch of the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development in New Brunswick (Canada). For the last 20 years, Maha occupied several functions in education and training. She has worked as a University teacher at the Department of Education in Beirut, as an international area manager for a major book publishing company in Paris and as a senior manager for an international online learning company headquartered in San Francisco. Maha has a recognized expertise in partnership and international relations management, engineering complex training solutions and in online training project management. She graduated from La Sorbonne-Nouvelle in General and Comparative literature and in Teaching French as a foreign language. Maha also holds an executive MBA in International Relations from Paris Dauphine and UQAM (Université du Québec à Montréal). |
Amal Kilani, Programmer
Anne Beinchet, Linguist
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Anne Beinchet is the linguist at the Autism Learning Partnership (ALP), a branch of the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development in New Brunswick (Canada) Anne has been working in the language industry for over 20 years with different positions such as translator, editor, reviser, instructor, professor, interpret or terminologist. She holds a master’s degree in Teaching French as a second language, a master’s degree in Translation and she is currently working on her doctoral thesis which is linked to community translation. |
Judy Béland, Administrative Assistant
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Judy Béland is the administrative assistant of the Autism Learning Partnership (ALP), a branch of the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development in New Brunswick (Canada). Judy joined the team in May 2018. She has been working in customer service for over 18 years now. She supports the team with anything related to administrative management in order to deliver efficient and high quality services. |
Support and guidance for this online autism training program was also provided by our Quality Assurance/Curriculum Advisory Committee:
- Dr. Barb D’Entremont, Ph.D., L.Psych., University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick
- Dr. Tara Kennedy, MD, PhD, FRCPC, Stan Cassidy Center for Rehabilitation, Fredericton, New Brunswick
- Dr. Paul McDonnell, Ph.D., L.Psych., University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick
- Kimberly MacKeigan, M.Sc., S-LP, Stan Cassidy Center for Rehabilitation, Fredericton, New Brunswick
- Dr. Cathy Pratt, Ph.D., BCBA-D, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
- Dr. Mélina Rivard, Ph.D, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
- Dr. Mary Jane Weiss, Ph.D., BCBA-D, Princeton Junction, New Jersey, USA
The entire collaborating team extends sincere thanks and appreciation to all of the professionals who supported the development of ASD and Behavioural Interventions. We also thank the staff and students who participated in the creation of the videos throughout this online training program, as well as the parents and families who allowed us to work with and videotape their children.
Click here to register for this online learning opportunity.