Melanie is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst. She has over 15years of experience in the fi eld of education working to support students with Autism and other developmental needs in public and non-public schools and clinical settings. Her career in the field of Applied Behavior Analysis began when she was selected for an internship with The Ohio State University Chimpanzee Center; assisting in different teaching trials such as pairing different schedules of reinforcement with tacting (labeling)stimuli. Melanie has senior dogs that are rescues and each of whom presented a variety of behavioral/medical needs. Her work with them and being a part of each success and setback has caused her to pursue the opportunity to apply her skill set back towards the population that she began with, animals.