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Staff Biographies
Elizabeth
M. (Liz) Martineau is President and Clinical Director of Nashoba Learning Group (NLG), and
the founding chair of NLG’s Board of Directors. Liz supervises all of
NLG's Clinical Directors. Liz's primary responsibility is to ensure that NLG
implements state of the art educational and
clinical practices and to further the development of senior clinical staff.
Liz is responsible for development and implementation of NLG's strategy and
future plan.
Prior to founding Nashoba
Learning Group, Liz served as an applied behavior analysis consultant
to individuals with autism and their families and school districts.
Liz also spent 13 years at Monitor Company, a business strategy consulting
firm, where she served on the Board of Directors and was responsible for developing
client relationships and advising client senior managers.
Liz is a Board
Certified Behavior Analyst and holds an Education Specialist degree in behavioral
education from Simmons College, where she was the winner of the John S. Robinson
Award. She is a member of the Association for Behavior Analysis.
Liz also holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.A. in economics
from Williams College. Liz and her husband, John McClellan, are the parents of five children, including a son with
autism.
Liz has developed a variety of presentations
highlighting NLG's clinical innovations. These include:
Martineau, E., BCBA, President and Clinical
Director, NLG, Rego, H., Vocational Clinical Director NLG, Hume, C., Vocational
Supervisor NLG, Daniels, S., Vocational Executive Director NLG, Seagle, C., BCBA
Clinical Director NLG, Tilley, J., BCBA Vocational Director NLG,
Pending: Preparing for Adulthood: Vocational and Life Skills Training For
Teenagers with Autism. A Workshop for the Association for Behavior Analysis
37th Convention Denver Colorado May 27, 2011
Martineau, E., Symposium Chair and author with Slaton, J, Hume, C, and Dahlin,
J. (2010). Go Ahead and Stim, Bringing High Frequency Ritualistic Behaviors
under Stimulus Control. Symposium presented at the Berkshire Association
for Behavior Analysis and Therapy Conference (BABAT) Amherst, Massachusetts 2010
and at the Association for Behavior Analysis 36th Convention San Antonio Texas
2010.
Martineau, E., Workshop Chair and primary author with Daniels, S, Seagle, C. and
Tilley, J. Teaching Practical Money Management Skills to Students with
Autism. Workshop presented at the Berkshire Association for Behavior
Analysis and Therapy Conference (BABAT) Amherst, Massachusetts 2009 and
Symposium presented at the Association for Behavior Analysis 36th Convention San
Antonio Texas 2010.
Martineau, E., Symposium Chair, Montoure, T. and Slaton, J. (2008) Teaching
Higher Level Skills to Students with Autism using Visual Prompts that are First
Manipulated, then Used as Reference and Then Faded. Symposium presented at
the Association for Behavior Analysis 34th Convention Chicago, Illinois and at
the Berkshire Association for Behavioral Analysis & Therapy Conference (BABAT)
Amherst, Massachusetts 2008.
Martineau, E. (2008) Teaching the Concepts of Addition, Subtraction, and
Multiplication. Presented at the Association for Behavior Analysis 34th
Convention Chicago, Illinois and at the Berkshire Association for Behavioral
Analysis & Therapy Conference (BABAT) Amherst, Massachusetts 2008.
Martineau, E. (2006) Teaching Students to Complete Activities Independently
with No Adult Present. Presented at the Association for Behavior Analysis
32th Convention Atlanta, Georgia and at the Berkshire Association for Behavioral
& Therapy Conference (BABAT) Amherst, Massachusetts 2006.
Martineau, E., Lacerte, M., Stewart, R, Slaton, J (2006) Achieving
Independence: New Solutions that Help Students Surmount Barriers to Independent
Demonstration of Skills. Chair of Symposium for the Association for
Behavior Analysis 32th Convention Atlanta, Georgia and at BABAT 2006
Martineau, E (2005) Essential Components of a High Quality School Program
for Children and Teenagers with Autism. Presented at Current Trends in
Autism 11th Annual Conference Boston, MA
Martineau, E., & Stephens, A. (2004). Teaching Social Boundaries to
Adolescents with Autism. Presented at the Association for Behavior Analysis
30th Convention Boston, MA
Martineau, E., & Cameron, M.J. (2001). That’s Behavior Analysis, isn’t it?
Presented at the 22nd Annual Conference of the Massachusetts Early Intervention
Consortium, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
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Maureen
Vibert is Executive Director of Nashoba Learning Group (NLG).
Prior to joining NLG, Maureen worked at the Monitor Group, LLP a global
consulting firm headquartered Cambridge, Massachusetts for nearly 19 years where
she held leadership positions as Controller and Director of Global Human
Resources and Compensation Policy. She earned at Bentley College a BS degree in
Management and Accounting, and an MBA. Maureen lives in Burlington, MA with her
husband Steve and their two sons.
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Stephanie Daniels is the Vocational Director
at Nashoba Learning Group (NLG). Prior to coming to NLG, Stephanie served
as an applied behavior analysis therapist to individuals with autism and their
families. Stephanie holds a B.S. in Business Management and is currently
enrolled in Endicott College’s Masters Program in Special Needs/Behavioral
Studies. Stephanie resides in Townsend, Mass with her husband Kurt and
daughter.
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Karen Abruzi is a Clinical Director at Nashoba Learning Group (NLG).
She is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst and holds a Masters degree in
behavioral education from Simmons College. Karen was the assistant author for
two presentations presented at the Applied Behavior Analysis Convention held in
Chicago, Illinois in May 2008. The presentations targeted higher level skills
using visual prompts that are first manipulated and later faded. Prior to
working at NLG, Karen provided home services to students with autism in western
Massachusetts. Karen currently lives in North Chelmsford, MA with her husband
and son.
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Crystal Seagle is a Clinical Director at Nashoba Learning Group (NLG)
and a Board Certified Behavior Analyst.
Prior to coming to NLG, Crystal served as an applied behavior analysis therapist
in a school district and a special education collaborative. Crystal earned
a B.A. in Human Services and a M.A. in Education from Rivier College.
Crystal resides in Nashua, NH with her husband Eliot and son.
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Tina Taylor is a Clinical Director at
Nashoba Learning Group (NLG) and a Board Certified Behavior Analyst. Prior to coming to NLG, Tina taught Life
Skills and English to high school special needs students and worked in a home
program. Tina earned a B.A. in Liberal Arts and a M.A. in Behavioral
Education from Simmons College. Tina resides in Nashua, NH with her
husband Jay, daughter and two dogs.
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Jessica Slaton is a Clinical Director at
Nashoba Learning Group (NLG). She is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst and
holds a B.A. from Boston College and M.Ed. from Simmons College.
Jessica was the assistant author for presentations at
the annual Association for Behavior Analysis (ABA) conference in Atlanta 2006,
San Diego 2007, Chicago 2008, and the annual BABAT conference (Berkshire
Association of Behavior Analysis & Therapy) in 2006 and 2008. She will be
presenting a symposium and a workshop at the 2010 ABA conference in San Antonio.
Prior to joining NLG Jessica worked as an in-home therapist. She currently lives
in Burlington, MA and has 6 brothers and sisters age 11 to 27, spread out across
Virginia, Washington, Massachusetts, Colorado, and England.
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