Impact ABA's CEO, Megan McGrew has worked in the field of Applied Behavior Analysis since 2012. She began researching Autism as part of her doctoral dissertation and had the opportunity to work as a behavior technician (we used to call them “tutors”) around the same time. Through that experience, Megan discovered a passion for using the science of behavior to create meaningful change in people’s everyday lives. She decided to pursue her BCBA while finishing her doctorate and her study of Applied Behavior Analysis was integrated into her dissertation “Moral Responsibility and Mental Health: An Interdisciplinary Project in Philosophy, Psychology, and Applied Behavior Analysis.”
Prior to earning her doctorate in Philosophy (Area of Specialization: Ethics) from Florida State University, Megan worked first as a behavior tech, and then as a BCaBA in Columbus, GA while completing a BCBA course sequence through Florida Institute of Technology. Megan relocated to the Reno area at the start of 2017. She began working as a contractor, part-time, for a company providing in-home therapy services. Within a few months, Megan was having to turn away clients that could not be safely, effectively, or ethically treated without a highly trained team in a clinical environment. Reno needed more clinic-based services as well as more highly trained service providers, at all levels of service delivery; Megan envisioned a clinic that could help serve both purposes and Impact ABA Services was born. Impact ABA Services has offered clinic-based Applied Behavior Analysis Therapy in their South Meadows clinic space since January of 2018. An emphasis is placed on high quality staff training and supervision on an apprenticeship model with the hope of generating more skilled behavior analysts to serve the Reno area.
