Premier Autism Services
Our Staff
Behavior Analyist (BCBA)
* Board Certification in Behavior Analysis
* NYS Licensed or Pending Licensure
* Provides evidence based behavior-analytic services
* Perform assessment of Learners (VB-MAPP, Essentials, FBA) analyze collected data, develop and prepare appropriate reports
* District consultations, 1:1 therapy, behavior intervention plans, and training on principles of Applied Behavior Analysis
* Supervise Registered Behavior Technicians and Behavior Technicians in the clinic environment
*Perform and review monthly competency testing of BT's, RBT's
Behavior Technician (RBT) (BT)
* Provide direct 1:1 behavior analytic services under the direct supervision of a BCBA
* Co-develop with BCBA individual treatment plans that include observable and measurable objectives
* Teach learners developmentally appropriate functional skills as determined by each individual assessment and treatment plan
* Work with individual learners or groups of learners within the natural environment
* Implement discrete trial teaching
* Responsible for daily upkeep of program materials and data documentation for assigned learners
*Participate in the development of assessment reports, treatment plans, and ongoing progress report monitoring
* Participate in progress report meetings
* Supervised by a BCBA
Our Mission
We are an agency committed to the pursuit of excellence for the benefit of those we serve. We create a positive environment where individuals with autism spectrum disorder and related developmental disabilities are empowered to achieve independence and success through programs that emphasize evidence based practices.
Blue Sky Center for Learning is a clinic based agency that provides therapeutic services.
We apply the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) with an emphasis on Skinner's analysis of Verbal Behavior (VB).
Dr. Vincent Carbone
Blue Sky is extremely fortunate to contract with Dr. Vincent Carbone of the Carbone Clinic for his intellectual property and ongoing consultations.
Dr. Carbone is a Board-Certified Behavior Analyst-Doctoral and New York State Licensed Behavior Analyst. He received his graduate training in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) at Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa. His behavior analytic research has been published in several peer-reviewed journals including the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, behavior Modification, The Analysis of Verbal Behavior and others. He has served on the editorial board of several behavior analytic journals and regularly acts as an editorial reviewer of scientific research papers submitted for publication to behavior analytic journals. He is frequently invited to speak at behavior analytic conferences on autism treatment throughout the US and abroad. He is the developer and presenter of a series of workshops on teaching verbal behavior to children with autism based upon B.F. Skinner's analysis of verbal behavior has provided the requisite university training and supervision to hundreds of board certified behavior analysts in the U.S. and overseas. In addition to his leadership role at the Carbone Clinic in Dubai he directs the activities of the Carbone Clinics in New York and Boston, USA.