Presented by: Kim Thompson, M.Ed., BCBA, LBA

Mom

Business Owner X 2 businesses

-Shelbina Villa

-Unlimited Abilities LLC

Board Certified Behavior Analyst –

Licensed in Missouri

▪ Diagnosis –

▪ Now what?

▪ School Days

▪ Struggles

▪ Graduation

▪ Now What?

▪ Workforce

▪ How?

- age 4 – high functioning autism

- Non-Verbal

- Lovable and social

- Now What?

• Highlights

• StrugglesPreschool

• Highlights

• StrugglesGrade school

• Highlights

• StrugglesJr. High

• Highlights

• StrugglesHigh School

Graduation from High

SchoolOPTIONS?

How to find what’s out

there

How to sell it to the

business

How to set them up for

success

Importance of the Team

Team Effort

The Easy Parts

The Struggles

The Successes

-The Team

-The Programs

▪ SET UP

▪ STAFF TRAINING

▪ THE STUDENTS

▪ HOW THE DAY OR YEAR WAS SET UP.

TEAM EFFORT

THE EASY PARTS

THE STRUGGLES

THE SUCCESSES