Parents:
Do you need help being the parent you want to be?
Did your child get a new diagnosis and you are not sure where to start?
Do you want your child to do better in school?
Are you losing sleep, possibly your job, due to the calls you are getting from childcare, the school or day program?
You are not alone and help is available!
Providers: Do you need help meeting the needs of your students or clients?
BCBA students and BCBAs: do you need supervision or mentoring to expand your scope of practice?
Together, we are better.
About me
Tera Wenner, MS, BCBA, LBA
I believe in progress, not perfection.
Why "Best Practices Behavior and Support, LLC?"
I believe in providing compassionate, person and family centered services that are evidenced based and effective.
As a BCBA/LBA, I use behavioral science to help and support children, individuals, families and providers. I am fortunate to be able to live my passion which is to help people and organizations thrive.
I use trauma informed interventions to teach important skills for children and adults to be healthy and happy.
I have over 35 years of training and experiences to support your journey.
My superpowers include integrating information, making difficult stuff easy, problem solving, asking the right questions and getting stuff done, in a nice way.
Who am I?
I am a
Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) and Licensed Behavior Analyst (LBA).
I am a single mom of two adult children and a Grandma.
I am a coach and mentor.
Since 1986, I have worked in social services providing high quality and individualized social services. I have been fortunate to serve 1000's of families, children and people with disabilities. I have been a BCBA since 2010.
Settings that I have worked in:
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Adult and youth residential care
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Adult Day Care
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Early Intervention
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Childcare and preschools
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Family homes
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Public and private schools, including therapeutic day
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Vocational and work locations
Populations I have experience helping directly and their service providers:
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Infants and toddlers with developmental delays or at risk of developmental delay
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3-5 year olds and school aged children
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Children, teens and adults with I/DD
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Children, teens and adults with behavioral health diagnosis.
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People with Autism/Autistic individuals
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Aging adults with neurocognitive disorders
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Post-stroke individuals.
Knowing where to start when providing care for someone can be frustrating and overwhelming. Parent and Caregiver Support Services are a great first step. Services are individualized based on your family's needs. Support Services can include getting information and referrals to services and community resources; help with problem solving service access issues; help accessing a needed support such as working with an insurance provider or accessing educational services for your child. It can include accessing resources for an aging brother or sister with a disability or for an elderly parent or family member.
People who can benefit from Parent and Caregiver Support services:
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new parents
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parents of children with a new medical or behavioral health diagnosis
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parents of children or adult dependent with disabilities
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adults who are providing care for aging parents or siblings who are new to providing care for an adult sibling with a disability
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people struggling to get services to meet their family's or child's needs.
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) services are based on the science of learning and behavior. ABA is used to increase skills and behaviors and to decrease behaviors that are a barrier to learning and living a healthy and productive life.
People who can benefit from ABA are:
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children with behavior problems,
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people who need help learning, such as individuals with developmental delays, such as I/DD or Autism Spectrum Disorder and Down syndrome, Angleman syndrome, Tuberous Sclerosis, Fragile X or other rare genetic diagnosis.
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adults with I/DD
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adults with Traumatic Brain Injury
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adults with behavioral health needs, such as Bipolar Disorder, SUD, Major Depressive Disorder, Anxiety
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any adult who needs help increasing a skills or decreasing a problematic behavior.
My scope of practice includes infants and toddlers, children and adolescents, adults with I/DD and ASD, serious mental illness, dually diagnosed individuals and individuals with Major Neurocognitive Disorders (dementia/Alzheimer's disease). I have worked in many settings, including homes, residential group homes, schools and childcares, day programs and vocational settings.
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Consulting services are individualized based on the needs of the customer.
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The scope of consultation includes assessment, support and training to achieve many varied outcomes depending the needs and outcomes desired. Consulting can be to help meet the needs of one person or more systemic in the approach.
People and situations that can benefit from consulting services include:
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addressing behavior challenges of young children in preschool
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educational advocacy to ensure the needs of students in the school setting are met
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developing new programs to meet identified community needs
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assessing efficiency of existing programs
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program Management and Implementation
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reducing problem behaviors of individuals with I/DD in the home, community, day programming and residential settings.
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foster care placement stabilization
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school wide positive behavior interventions and support