Education

• Post-Graduate Certificate (Applied Behavior Analysis), Florida Institute of Technology, 2016
• M.Ed. (Early Childhood Education), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1998
• B.A. (Educational Studies & Elementary Education), Knox College, 1992

Biography

Consulting with agencies, schools and teams supporting individuals experiencing complex, challenging behaviors since late 2008, Chris was one of the first of Alaska’s Complex Behavior Collaborative consultants in 2012. In addition to this, Chris has been doing similar work with southcentral school districts and Southcentral Foundation, an Alaska Native-owned, nonprofit health care organization. The overall goal of this work is to keep people with problem behavior in their home communities, avoiding institutions, hospitalizations or out-of-state placements.

Professional & Department Service

• BATS Clinical Director
• Board Member, thread Alaska

Research Interests

• Complex, challenging behavior as a form of self-advocacy
• Countercontrol behavior

Career History/Work Experience

• Clinical Director & Complex Behavior Specialist, UAA’s Center for Human Development – 10/2021 to present
• Complex Behavior Specialist, Center for Human Development – 10/2019 to 10/2021
• Behavior Analyst, Anchorage School District – 7/2016 to 7/2019
• Complex Behavior Specialist, Center for Human Development – 3/2012 to 10/2021
• Positive Behavior Supports Coordinator, Center for Human Development – 12/2008 to 6/2012
• Instructional Designer, UAA’s Academic Innovations & eLearning – 5/2004 to 12/2008
• Instructor of Education & Education Coordinator, Alaska Pacific University – 12/2000 to 5/2004
• English Teacher, Peace Corps Moldova – 6/1998 to 7/2000