An Overview of the Amazing Staff at Lighthouse Autism Center

At Lighthouse Autism Center, we take great pride in our staff. They are truly the backbone of our centers. All staff members are highly educated and trained. Each staff member has at least a Bachelor’s degree and all BCBA’s have a Master’s degree. All staff members are first aid, CPR and Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) certified. So who are the Lighthouse employees and what do they do?

Therapists

Therapists make up the largest number of employees at Lighthouse Autism Center. Therapists are those employees working directly with your child each week. While program managers create therapy programs for your child, the therapists are the one’s implementing these programs. Therapists are also responsible for recording data and providing feedback to program managers and clinical directors regarding the programs implemented for your child. All therapists have at least a bachelor’s degree and go through constant ongoing training to ensure the highest quality therapy for your child. At Lighthouse, we have a wonderful group of therapists who are all very passionate about working with those diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders, some who have been doing so as long as eight years!

Program Manager

The program managers oversee the therapists who work with your child. Program managers conduct skill assessments when your child initially enrolls with the center, creates goals for and therapy plans for your child as well as writes insurance reports for your child and trains therapists in how to implement programs with your child. Furthermore, they then analyze data on the children’s behaviors, revise goals and therapy programs accordingly, monitor therapists working with your child, and work directly with parents to provide updates regarding their child’s progress.

Clinical Director

A clinical director is the most senior clinical staff member. The clinical director oversees the entire clinical team and program manager’s report directly to the clinical director. The clinical director’s responsibilities include developing quality ongoing training for program managers and therapists, child intake, and community outreach.  The director spends a majority of their time observing children, and monitoring their programs and behavior intervention programs (BIPs) to ensure they are appropriate and implemented properly.

With a passionate and highly qualified clinical team, you can’t go wrong with LAC!

An Insight Into the Incredible People who Work at Lighthouse Autism Center

Have you ever wanted to know the perspective of the staff who work with the amazing kiddos at Lighthouse? What about seeing and hearing their perspective?

Well recently Lighthouse interviewed some of our staff members to get their take on what they see at the center.

ABA Therapists Olivia Ganser and Chris Adams, plus Program Managers Annie Root and Katie Meyer, participated in interviews about ABA therapy and Lighthouse. They answered questions about how they see kiddos having big breakthroughs in therapy. They also gave great insights into how parents react when they see their children making huge progress at Lighthouse.

To watch all the interviews, simply go to this page!

Last Monday, Lighthouse held it’s first post-work, small group Happy Hour at Cheddar’s in Mishawaka. Five employees were selected from our various locations to meet with Executive Director, Gregg Maggioli, to get to know him as well as each other better. As LAC continues to grow, we believe it is important to get to know each and every one of our employees, and for our employees to feel connected, even though they work at different locations. This is an opportunity for a small group of therapists from all locations to meet, learn more about each other, and learn more about Gregg and LAC.  Thank you to all employees who participated in the first Happy Hour and making it such a success!

LAC Receives Excellence in Direct Care Award from ASI

Lighthouse Autism Center’s Executive Director Receives Excellence in Direct Care Award from Autism Society of Indiana (ASI)

Gregg Maggioli, Executive Director of Lighthouse Autism Center, served as the Chairman of the Board and his wife Sandy held a variety of positions for Little Star Center in Carmel, Indiana until 2012. In 2011, that center was recognized with the Excellence in Direct Care Award by the Autism Society of Indiana.

This award is given to providers who demonstrate excellence in direct care services to infants, toddlers, children and youth with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) through their work in medical, educational, therapeutic and recreational settings using innovative and scientifically supported practices in partnership with families and other professionals.

Gregg and Sandy are proud to bring their award winning management skills to the Michiana area and create the the best autism therapy services in Indiana.