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President - Dr. Linda Heitzman-Powell, Ph.D., BCBA-D, Licensed Psychologist

Dr. Heitzman-Powell, IBT’s psychologist, has worked for the last 19 years with children with behavioral challenges, and more specifically during the last 8 years with children with Autism and other developmental disabilities. She received 4 years of supervised training at the University of Kansas Medical Center in the Child Development Unit where she gained substantial experience in the assessment and diagnosis of Autism and other disabilities. In addition, she has extensive experience working with children with other forms of challenging behaviors such as ADHD, Disruptive Behavior Disorder, Reactive Attachment Disorder, and Eating Disorders.

Vice-President - Ron Johnson

Ron Johnson is the founder of the Kansas City Autism Training Center, starting the school after struggling to find a suitable service for his son. The Gardner, Kan., resident, who serves as the executive director of the center without compensation, created the center to provide professional, research based interventions and training for children diagnosed with autism and their families.

Vice-President, Instructional Technology - Dr. Jay Buzhardt, Ph.D.

Dr. Buzhardt's interests focus on the development, implementation and evaluation of technology-based instruction and assessment. He has directed and co-directed several federally and locally funded projects that integrate web-based instruction with traditional face-to-face and classroom training. He is also the co-director of a project aimed at developing and experimentally evaluating the use of early childhood developmental assessments with web-based support and customized intervention advice.

Secretary/Treasurer - Monika Suchowierska, Ph.D., BCBA

Dr. Monika Suchowierska recieved her doctarate from the University of Kansas and moved back to her home country of Poland to provide Autism services. She founded the Center for Early Intervention Step-by-Step and is on the forefront of developing and disseminating knowledge about behavior analysis as a science of behavior and about the radical behaviorism of B. F. Skinner as a philosophy of this science in Poland.

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Our Team

President
Dr. Linda Heitzman-Powell, Ph.D., BCBA-D, Licensed Psychologist

Dr. Heitzman-Powell, IBT's psychologist, has worked for the last 21 years with children with behavioral challenges, and more specifically during the last 12 years with children with Autism and other developmental disabilities.

Director of Clinical Services
Rachel L. White, Ph.D, BCBA

Rachel has worked with children with Autism Spectrum Disorders since 2003 and has been part of the IBT team since 2005.