Beckie is the Director of Autism at Behavior Consultants where she also served as a Clinical Coordinator. She received her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Western Michigan University and her master’s degree in applied psychology from University of Baltimore. She completed her BCBA coursework sequence at Southern Illinois University. With more than 15 years in the field, Beckie has experience delivering applied behavior analysis services in hospitals, schools, clinics, and homes. Beckie is quite familiar with the assessment and treatment of challenging behavior, having spent over five years on the neurobehavioral unit at Kennedy Krieger Institute with a focus on functional analysis of behavior and staff training. Beckie worked as a behavior analyst within a school district where she became very familiar with challenges and benefits of delivering ABA services within a classroom as well as developing and presenting district-wide trainings. Beckie has overseen ABA services in a center-based program for children with autism.