2023 Staff Appreciation Week!
May 8th-12th is Appreciation Week at Little Leaves, a time for us to say thank you to our great staff who dedicate themselves to providing better and brighter outcomes for our clients each and every day. We would like to honor them by sharing some recent photos from Little Leaves events, and highlighting staff across our centers who have been nominated by our Regional Directors for their commitment to our central mission: helping children with autism grow and succeed.
Recent Team Snapshots
A huge thank you to our staff for their support as we have worked to host and participate in more community events over the past few months. It wouldn’t be possible without you!
Appreciation Week Spotlights
We asked our Regional Directors to nominate clinicians across our centers who exemplify the core values of Little Leaves.
Florida
Why was this team member nominated for a staff spotlight?
“She always has a smile on her face and is willing to lend a helping hand. It is easy to see that she enjoys working with children and helping them grow.”
How does this team member go above and beyond to make Little Leaves a great environment for our clients and employees?
“Brittany has embraced her new role of senior BT and has not hesitated to get to know the new clients she has had an opportunity to work with. It also allows her to work with other BTs and SBAs and share her ideas and insights.”
Why was this team member nominated for a staff spotlight?
“Lauren is always on time, runs her sessions with high treatment integrity, always has a positive attitude, and is very dedicated to the growth of her clients and her own professional growth.”
How does this team member go above and beyond to make Little Leaves a great environment for our clients and employees?
“Always has a positive attitude, has great relationships with families and staff, her kids are always happy to see her. Always happy to help with any last minute changes.”
Why was this team member nominated for a staff spotlight?
“She is such a bright soul in our Weston center! Her energy is contagious across pods, our kids and their families LOVE her, and everything about her is high quality.”
How does this team member go above and beyond to make Little Leaves a great environment for our clients and employees?
“She is incredibly reliable, participates in professional development and clinical focus, she ensures that everyone sees her smiling even on the hard days, she advocates for herself and her kids, immediately implements feedback and is quick in understanding ABA principles with her very unique little ones who require highly individualized programming.”
Maryland
Why was this team member nominated for a staff spotlight?
“She is reliable and effective. She is dedicated to her work and seeks supervision appropriately to ensure her clients continue to grow. She implements and generalizes feedback across clients and situations.”
How does this team member go above and beyond to make Little Leaves a great environment for our clients and employees?
“She consistently shows up with a positive attitude and implements tx plans and modifications reliably, resulting in fewer problem behaviors and growth across clients.”
Why was this team member nominated for a staff spotlight?
“Michelle is a teamplayer who consistently embodies the values of Little Leaves. She is always striving to help her clients grow by providing them high-quality, evidence-based therapy.”
How does this team member go above and beyond to make Little Leaves a great environment for our clients and employees?
“Michelle is always working to make the center a great environment for our clients and her teammates. She helped to make our new center look welcoming and fun for our families and members of the community at our recent open house. She took extra time to create art and decorations for our entry area to make the space inviting to our guests, clients, and the team.”
Why was this team member nominated for a staff spotlight?
“Kesanet is a great member of the team, dedicated to working with her clients and clients across the center as an SBT!”
How does this team member go above and beyond to make Little Leaves a great environment for our clients and employees?
“Kesanet communicates well with team members to help make sure all team members are on the same pageour clients are receiving high-quality therapy!”
Why was this team member nominated for a staff spotlight?
“Anna is a phenomenal RBT. She has been with Little Leaves for many years, and in several different locations including home and community therapy as well as the centers in White Marsh and Lutherville. Anna does an exceptional job working with children and is a valued member of our team.”
How does this team member go above and beyond to make Little Leaves a great environment for our clients and employees?
“Anna is incredily reliable and responsible; and, she is SO FUN! Clients and their families tell us often how much they enjoy working with Anna.”
Why was this team member nominated for a staff spotlight?
“Emily is an exceptional technician. She is incredibly dedicated to the clients she works with. She is exceptionally creative and fun.”
How does this team member go above and beyond to make Little Leaves a great environment for our clients and employees?
“Emily is a valued member of our team. She is able to work a wide variety of clients, and she always brings new and fun ideas to her sessions.”
Why was this team member nominated for a staff spotlight?
“Steve comes to work every day with a positive attitude, scores exceptionally well on treatment integrity checks with clients, and is a great team member.”
How does this team member go above and beyond to make Little Leaves a great environment for our clients and employees?
“Steve goes above and beyond the expectations by providing the highest quality therapy to his clients with high scores for treatment integrity and high quality social reinforcement.”
Why was this team member nominated for a staff spotlight?
“Kim is one of our most experienced behavior technicians. She has shown tremendous growth over the last several years. She has also had such a positive contribution to so many clients and their families. Kim does an exceptional job.”
How does this team member go above and beyond to make Little Leaves a great environment for our clients and employees?
“Kim is one of the most reliable and dedicated behavior technicians at Little Leaves. She goes above and beyond to make sure that every client gets exactly what they need in every single session. She works incredibly hard – and that is always obvious based on the exceptional progress of her clients.”
Virginia
Why was this team member nominated for a staff spotlight?
“Lorraine has a very positive professional attitude and is always genuinely engaged with her clients.”
How does this team member go above and beyond to make Little Leaves a great environment for our clients and employees?
“Lorraine engages our clients with fun and compassion each and every day. She has great therapeutic skills, and combined with her enthusiasm for our clients, she is an exemplary behavior technician.”
Why was this team member nominated for a staff spotlight?
“Always being a positive member of the Ashburn RBT team.”
How does this team member go above and beyond to make Little Leaves a great environment for our clients and employees?
“Emily is always working hard to support our clients in Ashburn. She goes above and beyond to provided high quality ABA services, with a smile.”
Why was this team member nominated for a staff spotlight?
“Julia is our Training Specialist, she always has s smile on her face, even in the most craziest of days.”
How does this team member go above and beyond to make Little Leaves a great environment for our clients and employees?
“Julia is a flexible and positive member of our team!”
Why was this team member nominated for a staff spotlight?
“Karma is an exemplary Training Specialist, providing high quality training and providing high quality direct services to our clients in Reston.”
How does this team member go above and beyond to make Little Leaves a great environment for our clients and employees?
“Karma strives to provide the best training for our RBTs, taking care that her modeling and feedback is in the best interests of her clients. Thank you Karma!”
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