Domonique Yvonne Randall B.A., M.S., CCC, BCBA

OBJECTIVE:

Providing advanced behavior analytic consulting and services to families, businesses, child-care organizations, schools, and other bodies in the Houston area. Conducting research and training to advance the field of ABA with quality.

EDUCATION:

Capella University, expected January 2008
Ph.D. Educational Psychology (ABD)
Dissertation: Verbal Operants as Predictors of Inclusion for Children with Autism

University of North Texas, 2000
   M.S. Behavior Analysis
Thesis: Sibling Interventions for children with Autism
Bob Jones University, 1996
   B.A., Guidance Counseling

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Founder, Executive Clinical Director
The Shape of Behavior, Inc. 2000-to present
Founded multiple ABA clinics for children with autism and other developmental disabilities in the Houston.  Currently over 55 staff members. Staff training and implementation of behavioral protocol for over 200 staff members, students, professionals, teachers, and parents. Program development implementing behavioral procedures with children with autism in a clinic based setting. Training with over 250 children with autism, ADD, ADHD, aspergers, tuberous sclerosis, Down Syndrome, Emotionally Disturbed, Bipolar, and others.

Founder
Helping Hands of Houston, 2007
Founded a company to match, train, and recruit service providers for families of special needs children in the Houston and surrounding areas.
 
Intern for Doctoral Program
Sam Houston State University 2005
Helped develop courses for Low Incidence Disabilities and Autism with an emphasis in ABA for approval from the behavior analysis certification board. Taught courses on Autism and ABLLS Assessment to graduate students.

Adjunct Professor
University of Houston Clearlake 2003
Taught Learning and Behavior at the Sugarland Campus for the University of Houston, Clearlake.

School District Consultation
2003-present
Consultation with Cy-Fair ISD, BISD, Klein ISD, Spring Branch ISD, and other districts providing shadow services and training, data collection procedures, teacher training, staff training, social skills consultation, training in ABA for paraprofessionals and teachers, trainings in Autism, ABA, Inclusion of children with autism for administrators. Conducted Functional Analyses, developed Behavior Intervention Plan. Consultation on I.E.P. development for several students.  Observation and feedback to staff and administrators.

Private Consultant  
1999-2000
Responsibilities:working with families from three different cities providing private programming, staff training, parent training, and program development for families with in home ABA programs. 

Program Consultant
Hope For Kids Worldwide 1999-2000
(Kenny Schuster, Area Director) Carrollton, TX
Responsibilities: Program development for an after-school social skills program for children with developmental disabilities including autism, aspergers, and pdd-nos, including staff training or behavior analytic teaching techniques, parent training, data collections systems, and direct therapy.

Clinic Supervisor
North Texas Autism Project 1998-2000 
(Dr. Shahla Alai-Rosales, Director) Dallas, TX
Responsibilities: Program development and in-home programming for young children with autism, conducting and organizing weekly team meetings, staff training, parent training, school district consultation. Programming in the areas of social, academic, language, functional communication, increased spontaneous mands.

Project Coordinator
North Texas Autism Project: SMILE 1998-2000
(Dr. Shahla Alai-Rosales, Supervisor) Denton, TX 
Responsibilities: creating sibling project, replicating and extending behaviorally sound studies with SIBLINGS of children with autism, including planned activities for siblings to increase overall positive interactions between siblings and children with autism.

Research Assistant
North Texas Project on Self-injury 1999
Denton State School Denton, TX
(Dr. Richard Smith, Supervisor)
Responsibilities: implementing functional analyses with children with autism in home, primary observer and data collector for self-injurious adults, weekly research meetings.  Fully prepared and ran analog conditions, analyzed, interpreted results and designed behavioral intervention program upon completion of FA for a child with autism.

School Shadow
1998-1999 (Dr. Shahla-Alai-Rosales, Supervisor)
Grapevine, TX
Responsibilities: 300 direct hours of shadowing two different children with autism in a mainstreamed classroom, data collection procedures, developed steps for fading shadow, increasing physical and verbal initiations to peers, teacher training and consultation.

In-home ABA Therapist
1996-1997 Houston, TX
Implemented in home programming developed by out of state consultants for 5 different families who had children with autism.

In-home ABA Therapist Volunteer
1995
(Nancy Sadka, Ph. D.) Greenville, SC
Implemented in home programming developed by out of state consultant for one child with autism.

Recreation Teacher
1995-1996
Bob Jones Junior High Greenville, SC
(Rose Elliot, Supervisor)
Teacher for after-school program for junior high students, gross motor activities, academic support, and staff scheduling.

Lead Teacher
Little School of Inwood 1993-1995 summers 
(Ray Sutton, Owner) Houston, TX
Worked with underprivileged children, coordination of class outings and events, development of behavioral programs for classroom management.

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS:

2007
“Strategies for Reducing Problem Behavior”
presented to Shape of Behavior Training Satellite
“Increasing Verbal Behavior”
presented to Shape of Behavior Training Satellite
“Basic Principles of Applied Behavior Analysis”
presented to Shape of Behavior Training Satellite
“ABC’s of ABA” FEAT Houston; TxABA Autism SIG  presented to the community

2006
“Shadow Training” 
presented to the community for Shape of Behavior
“Visual Strategies” 
co-presented with Robin Wishkoski to the community for Shape of Behavior
“Social Skills for Children with Autism”
presented to the community for Shape of Behavior
“Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills,
Verbal Behavior Approach to Language”
presented for Sam Houston State University Annual Conference

2004
“Use of Video Modeling to Teach Fluency to a Child with Autism” professional colloquia presentation at the Association for Behavior Analysis annual conference.

2003
“ABC’s of ABA” TXABA SIG
“Siblings of Children with Autism”
presented for the Autism Society of America, Houston TX
“Analysis of Verbal Behavior
as applied to children with autism”
presented to the community for Shape of Behavior.
“Shadow Training”
presented for FEAT Houston;
TxABA autism special interest group.

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION:

Board Certified Behavior Analyst; BCBA 2000
Certified Christian Counselor; CCC  2007

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

Member, Association for Behavior Analysis
1998-present

Member, Texas Association for Behavior Analysis
1997-present 

Member, American Psychological Association
2004-present

Steering Committee Member, Texas Association for Behavior Analysis, Special Interest Group Autism
2003-present