Trained to Care, Ready to Teach
Our therapists receive thorough, hands-on training that equips them to create meaningful, personalized sessions—helping each child build skills with confidence and joy.
Guided by Expertise and Experience
At ARN, we believe growth happens when knowledge and compassion come together. Our experienced consultants provide ongoing mentorship, sharing strategies that empower therapists to bring out the best in every child. This continuous guidance ensures each session is not only effective, but also caring and responsive to individual needs. Parents can feel confident knowing their child is supported by a team committed to excellence, while professionals see a culture of learning that values evidence-based practice and heart-driven teaching.
Our Supervisors & Therapists
At ARN, program supervisors bring over 18–20 years of expertise in behavioral and language intervention. They provide clinical guidance, ongoing feedback, and regular training to ensure every child’s program is tailored with care and precision. Our therapists undergo intensive training in both theory and hands-on practice, making sure they follow supervisor recommendations with consistency and diligence. They are skilled in data gathering, committed to progress tracking, and well-versed in parent communication—helping families understand and carry over important skills at home. With this close collaboration, children benefit from a strong, supportive, and professional team around them.
Staff Training
We believe learning never stops. At ARN, staff training is both enjoyable and highly informative, combining professional expertise with hands-on application. All our staff are trained by our Principal Consultant, Dr. James Partington, ensuring that our team is guided by one of the most respected voices in the field of Applied Behavior Analysis.
Every new therapist completes an intensive training program covering natural environment teaching, verbal behavior instruction, reinforcement systems, discrete trial teaching, shaping of behavior, and data collection methods. On top of that, our staff receive specialized instruction in social skills training in school and community settings, shadow teaching, and self-help skills. Training is not a one-time event—our supervisors provide ongoing mentorship, regular feedback, and continuous opportunities to refine skills, making sure our therapists stay up-to-date, confident, and compassionate.
This culture of growth empowers our team to deliver the highest quality intervention while keeping training engaging, practical, and meaningful—benefiting not only our staff but also every child and family we serve.
We are extremely strict about the quality of our training
Phase 1
Professional Experience
It is a mandatory requirement that all applicants provide relevant certificates (i.e. psychology of early childhood/ special education).
Phase 6
Continuous Training
Regular training, and seminars are conducted exclusively by founder of our ABA-VB approach, Dr James Partington, Ph.D., BCBA-D.
Phase 2
Intense Screening
Applicants must also complete a comprehensive personality test and face-to-face meetings to ensure they are suitable for being a therapist.
Phase 5
Supervision & Evaluation
Successful candidates will be supervised by a highly qualified supervisor for quality assurance.
Phase 4
BCBA or RBT Test
We will work with the applicants to pass the BCBA & Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) exams.
Phase 3
Background Checks
We will go through interviews with the applicant's past references to ensure that the personality test results are accurate.
Our Advisors
Dr. Pamela Wolfberg, Ph.D.
Dr. Pamela Wolfberg is a Professor of Special Education at San Francisco State University (SFSU) and originator of the Integrated Play Groups (IPG) model. She also founded the Autism Collective for Peer Socialization, Play & Imagination, leading global efforts to promote inclusive peer play. Her research and teaching focus on neurodiversity, peer socialization, play culture, and creative expression, with the goal of helping autistic children thrive in inclusive settings. An internationally recognized scholar and consultant, Dr. Wolfberg continues to advance the importance of play, inclusion, and social connection as fundamental rights for all children.
“Play is not a luxury—it is a fundamental human right that opens the door to learning, friendship, and belonging.” – Dr. Pamela Wolfberg
Prof. Timothy Buie
MD. Professor at Harvard Medical School
Professor Timothy Buie, MD is a pediatric Gastroenterologist at the Lurie Center for Autism, a multidisciplinary program that treats children, adolescents and adults with autism spectrum and other neurodevelopmental disorders. He has cared for children from over 40 states in the U.S. and from all over the world. In 2009 Dr. Buie was honored by the Autism Society of America as Professional of the Year for his outstanding work.
He has created a tangible educational program and teaching curricula presented nationally and internationally. His teaching series includes guidelines regarding behaviors of children with autism that may represent pain or other underlying medical issues and has been presented to parents; physical, occupational, and speech therapists; and a wide range of specialists from the medical community.
Dr. Martha Herbert
Assistant Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School
On top of her role with Harvard Medical School, Dr. Martha Herbert is also affiliated to Harvard-MIT-MGH Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, where she is director of the TRANSCEND Research Program (Treatment Research and Neuroscience Evaluation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders).
Her main research interests are in addressing autism as a “dynamic encephalopathy” (something that can change) rather than a “static encephalopathy” (something that is fixed for life) and in how environmental vulnerability affects brain and body health and function.
Dr. Kenneth Bock
Fellow of the American Academy of Family Practice, the American College of Nutrition, and the American College for Advancement in Medicine, of which he is a former President. He is also a faculty member of the Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM).
He is a world-renowned physician who established Bock Integrative Medicine, a comprehensive evaluation and treatment center in Rhinebeck, New York where he has successfully treated children and families with chronic complex medical disorders including but not limited to immune dysfunction, autoimmunity, chronic infections and the 4-A disorders (Allergies, Asthma, Autism and ADHD).
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Our Facilities
Training Never Stops
Aside from guided hands-on learning, all therapists are required to attend monthly training, which comes in the form of lectures, workshops and seminars with a heavy emphasis on case studies, role-play, case observations, videos and evaluations. On top of that, Dr James Partington, PhD, BCBA-D, also visits frequently to provide direct staff training on the latest updates of our unique ABA-VB programme.
Hyper Focused Behaviour Skills Training
We use evidence-based procedures for all our training. Our therapists will not be able to advance further until they are able to show their supervisors that they can implement the learning outcome perfectly.
Intensive supervision
With over 400 hours of onboarding training, our therapists’ expertise development doesn’t just stop in their first year. They have to undergo another 200 hours of supervision on a yearly basis from their second year onwards. The two main focuses are on the progress of each child and the level of quality the therapist provides for their evaluation.
Performance Evaluation
We value our staff and their personal development. From time to time, we will formally evaluate our therapists’ performance by giving them feedback and reviews on areas of a job well done and room for improvement. Some aspects that are being monitored include the therapist’s knowledge, leadership capabilities, work attitude, communication skills and organisation skills.
