Behavior Connect
Advancing Applied Behavior Analysis
Credential support & professional development for RBT's BCABs, BCaBAs, Agencies, Schools, and Families.
About Behavior Connect
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Leadership & Clinical Trainers
Dr. Onel Leon, Ed.D., BCBA
Dr. Onel Leon is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA), clinical director, behavior consultant, and fieldwork supervisor whose areas of instruction include assessment writing, data collection and analysis, and agency analytics. He brings over 20 years of experience in education to his work training RBTs and BCBAs and supervising aspiring behavior analysts.
He holds a doctorate in education focused on teaching and learning in higher education and a master’s degree in applied behavior analysis. His doctoral research examined the intersection of school systems and ABA professionals. His background also includes a bachelor’s degree in
mathematics education and experience teaching college calculus and statistics.
Dr. Leon helped create Behavior Connect to address the need he identified for more practical training and professional support for RBTs and behavior analysts, providing that support in both English and Spanish.
Yania Perez-Leyva, M.Ed., BCBA
Yania Perez-Leyva is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA), fieldwork supervisor, and consultant with a focus on practical training for RBTs and BCBAs. Her work includes supporting behavior analysts in their collaboration with parents and schools. She also has experience preparing RBT candidates in the skills covered by the initial competency assessment.
She holds a master’s degree in special education, and a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering. Her professional responsibilities include supervising aspiring behavior analysts, working with clients, and providing training to practitioners.
Yania serves as Behavior Connect’s ACE Provider Coordinator and is fluent in English and Spanish. She helped create Behavior Connect to address the need she identified for more practical training and professional support in both languages, drawing on her experience in
Florida.
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