About

Alina Michael is the ABA Fieldwork Coordinator for Ouachita Baptist University’s M.S. in ABA program. She is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst^® (BCBA^®) with a little over a decade of clinical experience in the field of ABA as a behavior Technician, Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst^® (BCaBA^®), and BCBA^®. In addition to her BCBA^® certification, Alina is also certified as an Infant Toddler Developmental Specialist (ITDS) and has had the opportunity to work with children as young as 18 months old (and their parents) using a parent-focused training model. Alina earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology at Florida International University and her Master of Science in Psychology with a concentration in Applied Behavior Analysis at Purdue University Global.

As a clinician, Alina has provided and overseen the delivery of ABA-based therapy to children with autism and intellectual disabilities in home, community, school, and center-based settings, and continues to provide ABA services to children, teens, and adults with severe problem behaviors and behavioral disorders, as well as individuals of all ages with multi-diagnosed psychiatric disorders. Alina’s also had the opportunity to support families with children transitioning into adulthood. In addition to providing and overseeing direct ABA services, Alina has served in leadership roles and provided supervision, mentoring, and training support to numerous newly certified BCBA^®s and BCaBA^®s, group home direct care staff, behavior technicians, teachers, and ABA student supervisees. Alina has served – and currently serves – as a committee member on the Agency of Persons with Disabilities’ Local Review Committee in Broward County, FL for over 5 years.

Alina’s clinical areas of expertise include the assessment and treatment of severe problem behavior in individuals of all ages and across populations, and behavior-analytic supervision and training. Her current research interests consist of assessment and treatment of problem behavior, particularly those associated with delay intolerance. Alina has presented her applied research on this topic at the Florida Association for Behavior Analysts (FABA). She has also collaborated with Dr. Horr on several research projects related to impulsive choice and co-authored a peer-reviewed publication on the assessment and treatment of perseverative speech with Dr. Horr. Alina’s goal is to provide quality and effective behavior analytic supervision and training and contribute more clinical research to this area.