At the Intersection of Science and Relationships

Melissa Almanza, M.Ed., BCBA, LBA earned her undergraduate degree in Special Education at Western Michigan University and her masters in Educational Leadership at UNLV. She has been a BCBA since 2011. She has worked in the Autism field for over 20 years, with experience in schools, homes and clinics. She has worked as a teacher assistant, a teacher, a classroom consultant and as a supervising BCBA. She started her own business, A Balanced Approach LLC, to bridge the gaps between 1:1 therapy and school, and to create more space for a more compassionate, ethical, flexible, big picture, whole-family kind of Applied Behavior Analysis.