Texas

Mrs. Jamie Bassos is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst who holds a Master of Science degree in Applied Behavior Analysis from Northeastern University and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from The George Washington University.  She received extensive training in the education and treatment of individuals with autism spectrum disorders, with an emphasis in early intervention, at the highly respected New England Center for Children, where she conducted research, teacher training and served as a case manager.  She has worked extensively as an independent behavioral consultant in Northern Virginia and as a classroom teacher at the Ivymount School in Rockville, MD.  Mrs. Bassos has also delivered presentations and training seminars at both local and international conferences.  Her professional interests include early intervention and research supporting best practice.

Tess is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst with a Master’s in Special Education with a concentration in Autism and Applied Behavior Analysis from Texas State University. Tess began her ABA career in 2015 while working for the local community service board in Blacksburg, Virginia. Tess then moved to Austin, Texas in 2016 where she worked for ASPIRE, LLC as an RBT and then a BCBA. She moved back to Virginia at the beginning of 2021 and began her journey with Continuum!

Tess has experience working with clients aged from 2-30 years and varying levels of needs. She has worked in school, home, clinic, and community based settings with her clients and has provided services to clients with severe aggressive and self-injurious behaviors. Tess is passionate about problem behavior reduction, activities of daily living, and functional communication.

Ronte Johnson, M.B.A., M.S., BCBA, L.B.A. earned a B.S. in Organizational Behavior Management from Mercy College. In 2002, as the Administration Supervisor at Montefiore Hospital, she earned her M.B.A. from Argosy University School of Psychology. Ronteearned her M.S. in Clinical Psychology with a specialization in Applied Behavior Analysis from Capella University. She is the first African American, Board Certified Behavior Analyst in the state of Colorado.

Ronte became intrigued with the science of ABA, after her daughter was diagnosed with autism. As a parent advocate, she supported military families impacted by autism. While working with adolescents and young adults with varying cognitive delays and mental health diagnoses as a Behavior Specialist, Ronte became skilled in; behavior management, early intervention, and Pivotal Response Training while providing services in the school, residential, community and clinic-based settings.

As a clinical director she was responsible for developing and managing health care facilities.Ronte specializes in Organizational Behavior Management and bringing ABA services to communities that do not have access to services. Each program conducts assessments and develops programs for clients ages 2-18 years of age, applying verbal behavior methodologies into programming, play-based learning, incidental teaching, instructional control, and functional communication training.

Ronte continues to mentor and disseminate ABA by supervising students/candidates studying to obtain their BCBA credential. She is an administrator of the Black Applied Behavior Analysts Group and sits on the Board of Directors for two non-profit organizations, Changing Faces and The Miracle House.