Nikki has been a certified Special Education Teacher working in the field of ABA for the past 27 years. She pursued her masters degree while working at the New England Center for Children in MA, and graduated from Simmons University in 1999 with an M.S. in Special Education. Since then, Nikki has worked in home-based programs, as well as public and private school settings in NY and CT. In 2010 she completed a graduate certificate in Applied Behavior Analysis from Penn State University, and has been a BCBA since 2011. Currently working in a special class setting in Westchester County, she is interested in Functional Communication Training, organizational behavior management and supervision, Trauma Based Intervention, and the implementation of FBAs in the public schools. Nikki enjoys the challenge of working within multidisciplinary teams and helping to bridge the gap between behavior analysis and other interventions in the public schools. She currently resides in Danbury, CT with her husband and 2 sons, and spends much of her free time in ice rinks in her other major life role, hockey mom.