Testimonials from the BCBA Prep Course
Meet
Marianna
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Marianna Artale-Dougherty is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst and a certified special education teacher who works as a full time behavior consultant for a pubic school district. She also offers supervision for individuals working toward their board certification. Marianna has nineteen years of experience using the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis while working with individuals of all ages with and without developmental disabilities. She has consulted and presented multiple training seminars across three different counties in NY. She is currently an adjunct professor at Mercy College, teaching special education graduate courses including the Applied Behavior Analysis courses required to take the BCBA exam. She has also developed curriculum and revised syllabi for courses in the Education department at Mercy College. Additionally, Marianna is also a certified school administrator and has served as a Special Education Chairperson in her district.
Meet
Annmarie
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Annmarie Gronowski is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst, Certified School Psychologist. She started her career in the field as an English teacher and is currently working as a school psychologist in a public school. She has worked residential facility with children and adults diagnosed with severe developmental disabilities. She has experience not only working hands on with children and adults but also does staff training on numerous topics. While at employed in private education Annmarie developed, trained and supervised the behavior specialist team at a residential facility for special needs children. In her current public school position she is using her behavioral expertise to expand the RtI interventions and meet the IEP mandates for students in a k-2 building.
Embarrassed to say that it took me 4 'trials' to pass the exam, but Marianna and Annmarie were the remedy to my inability to pass. I kept giving answers to every possible scenario instead of reading the question and giving the answer they were looking for. Going through the course you never feel 'sub-par' for asking questions (and trust me, I asked MANY) and the interactive online sessions got me through what memorizing endless questions from modules could not.
Kim, Colorado
I highly recommend this course sequence! I was able to pass the exam on my first attempt and truly don't think that would have happened if I didn't stumble across this site! Hands down the best money I spent to help me prepare for the exam. The content review sessions were great and the question analysis and final review sessions are a must! I was never a good test taker and would constantly miss key words within questions, but almost a 1000 practice questions later it was finally starting to click! While I was taking the exam I found myself using the strategies I learned through Marianna and Annmarie which helped calm my major testing anxiety! Couldn't have passed without them!
Heather, Tennessee
I highly recommend this course. Before this course, I struggled picking apart questions and finding the "best answer". This course gave me real life examples that I was able to relate to questions on the test. The instructors want you to succeed and will do everything they can to help. This program still delivers individualized care. Ali CCC-SLP BCBA
Ali CCC-SLP BCBA, NJ
I highly recommend and encourage anyone sitting for the BCBA exam to take this class. Marianna and Annmarie have structured the class in a way which you not only practice answering the questions, but you get the opportunity to practice deconstructing the questions AND talk out concepts that you may not have initially understood. I was very nervous about the test, but was able to pass my first try! While taking the test, I found myself using the strategies that Marianna and Annmarie practiced with us. These are two of my favorite people. You will leave their class understanding more of the science then you ever thought you would.
Lauren, NY
Marianna and Annemarie's class was not only comprehensive, but reasonably priced and thorough. I passed my first try and took the review the month before my test. It also helped focus my last weeks of independent study. Highly recommend this class.
Marietta, NY
I took the BCBA exam 7 times, YES 7 TIMES, before meeting Marianna. Some of the times I was 3 points off and some of the times I was 40 points off. My weak areas were never the same. I studied in every possible way that I could think of, that I could find online or that someone suggested to me. I studied with Marianna and another friend for my 8th attempt and that was the answer! Talking through the answers of mock questions was what really helped me. In the past, when I got things wrong, I never knew why. I couldn't be happier with the results! I HIGHLY recommend this program. You will not be sorry!!!
Tracy, NJ
Marianna and Annmarie's study class helped me enormously! With their thorough review and practice questions, I was able to pass the BCBA exam the first time! I would definitely recommend this course to anyone who is taking their BCBA exam - whether it be a repeat or for the first time.
Nicole, NJ
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