Lizbeth Martinez
Los Angeles
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
ABA/Early Start Denver Model (ESDM)
Direct Service Provider
Los Angeles
05.2025 - Current
- Provide individualized Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy to children ages 2-18 with Autism Spectrum Disorder or related developmental concerns
- Apply core ABA principles to increase desired behaviors and reduce maladaptive behaviors across multiple developmental domains
- Support skill development in areas including communication, socialization, adaptive functioning, academic readiness, motor skills, and self-regulation
- Deliver therapy using a combination of Discrete Trial Training (DTT) and Naturalistic Environment Teaching (NET) in structured, semi-structured, and play-based settings
- Embed social-emotional learning, executive functioning, and play skills into daily therapeutic tasks
- Conduct behavior analysis to identify environmental and personal factors influencing child behavior
- Foster generalization of learned skills through naturalistic, child-centered approaches and motivation-based interventions
- Collaborate with caregivers/families to provide parent training and support continuity of care across environments
- Emphasize development of functional communication, self-help skills, and self-awareness in therapy sessions
- Deliver Early Start Denver Model (ESDM) intervention to children aged 12-60 months with Autism Spectrum Disorder or early markers of autism
- Implement evidence-based, play-based, child-led strategies to support social-emotional learning and developmental growth
- Target skill development across multiple domains including receptive/expressive language, imitation, motor skills, cognition, play, and personal independence
- Promote social engagement and joint attention through meaningful, everyday activities across various environments and partners
- Foster motivation and learning through socially driven, interactive play designed to build both individual skills and shared experiences
- Integrate parent training and involvement as a core element of treatment to support generalization and family engagement
- Encourage early brain development and function through holistic, developmentally appropriate interventions
- Support the development of adaptive behavior and functional communication using ESDM's naturalistic behavioral approach
- Reinforce the importance of emotional sharing and social connection as a foundation for all learning
Special Education Assistant
LAUSD
Los Angeles
08.2024 - Current
- Knowledge of physical and emotional needs of children at various age levels
- Understanding of the general nature and causes of physical, mental, and emotional disabilities
- Assist students experiencing emotional and mental disabilities by engaging in conversation
- Provided a safe space by encouraging them to express their feelings through a method that works for them
- Established a routine that can help students cope with any challenges
- Teached coping skills
- Familiarity with first aid techniques
- Knowledge of the functioning of special equipment (e.g., wheelchairs, braces)
- Ability to use good vocabulary
- Ability to gain student confidence
- Ability to act calmly and appropriately in emergencies
- Assist in feeding students with special needs
- Assist in toileting students with special needs
- Knowledge of IEPS
- Knowledge in assisting in evaluations of students
- Assist teacher in implementing lesson plans
- Reinforcers educational materials
- Conducts lesson groups with 3-5 students
- Supervise students inside and outside the classrooms
- Knowledge of meetings with teachers, assistant principals, and parents on what the team can do to better help students
BT ABA Therapy
Kyo Care
Los Angeles
09.2023 - 03.2024
- School Intervention with student with a disability
- Assist student to become an active participant in the classroom
- Assisted in increasing and creating appropriate behaviors
- Assist student with accessing their curriculum by behavior strategies provided in the treatment plan
- Implemented behavioral strategies that promoted learned based off treatment plan
- Kept open communication with case supervisor and clinical supervisor
- Provided direct implementation of ABA
- Collected live data on progress and behaviors of student
- Transported live data into data sheets on welligent and a timesheet portal on a comptuer
- Provide 1 on 1 therapy to clients
- Help children with Autism develop communication skills
- Help children with Autism develop social skills
- Collected live data on progress and behaviors of child
- Take data during sessions and note down struggles and progress of the child during session
Security Services
Los Angeles International Airport
Los Angeles
03.2022 - 03.2024
- Bag Room in Charge lead
- Coordinate and supervise a team of 6 bagroom agents to ensure proper baggage loading procedures are followed
- Analyze documentation sheet of baggage containers, connection flights and aircraft loading diagram
- Consistently was on a computer to see the update on connecting flights, how many transfer passengers on board
- Incorporated paper sheets onto the computer to send to ramp agents at the end of flights
- Created baggage containers list on a computer based off destinations
- Communicate with station manager and ramp agent to ensure flight operations are running smoothly and following a strict time schedule
- Door Guard Security for multiple flights
- Ensuring every employee has a badge in order to enter the plane
- Ensuring passengers have their boarding pass before boarding
- Ensuring the aircraft has no dangerous weapons
- Making sure the aircraft is safe for passengers and flight crew are safe to go inside
Program Leader
Think Together
Los Angeles
04.2021 - 09.2021
- Care for children during and after school hours
- Specialize in creating engaging and educational activities/lessons
- Provide one on one tutoring across different subjects
- Assist a certified instructor in planning daily lesson plans and grading students work
- Clean and prepare the class room for the next school day
- Develop Critical thinking, time management, and organizational skills
- Spoke with parents about their child's progress and learning skills
- Provided a safe space for children to feel comfortable enough to speak up when something was bothering them
- Provided assistance with homework, class work, and stayed after school for students who needed extra help
- Attended meetings with other programs leaders, certified instructors, and leads in order to see how well the students are progressing and to identify what they need to move forward
Metro by T-mobile
Los Angeles
06.2019 - 08.2019
- Excellent customer service skills
- Managed and ran a store by myself from opening to closing time
- Handled customer relations on my own
- Navigated through computer programs to view phone bills
- Navigated through computer programs to view phone plans
- Navigated through computer to view inventory
- Answered phone calls on a daily basis from customers
- Persuaded customers to upgrade to better phone plans
- Persuade customers to upgrade phones
- Maintained store clean
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
California State University of Fullerton
05-2025
Diploma -
Animo Pat Brown Charter High School
06.2020
Skills
- Knowledge in data collection
- Knowledge in reading and interpreting data
- Knowledge of working in high-paced environments
- Knowledge in handling difficult situations
- Knowledge in Google Docs
- Knowledge in Excel
- Knowledge in words
- Organizational skills
- Security
- Teamwork
- Task analysis
- Communication skills
- Shaping
- Knowledge of using priming strategies
- Knowledge of using Premack strategies
- Knowledge of using verbal prompts
- Applied behavior analysis
- Special needs support
- Behavior intervention strategies
- Team collaboration
- Problem solving
- IEP implementation
- IEP compliance
- Crisis management
- Physical assistance
- Reporting requirements
- Behavior improvements
- Sensory integration
- Life skills teaching
- Social integration
- Interdisciplinary team collaboration
- Social development and integration
- Emotional regulation
- Transition planning
- Classroom management
- Student advocacy
- Social and group settings
Timeline
ABA/Early Start Denver Model (ESDM)
Direct Service Provider
05.2025 - Current
Special Education Assistant
LAUSD
08.2024 - Current
BT ABA Therapy
Kyo Care
09.2023 - 03.2024
Security Services
Los Angeles International Airport
03.2022 - 03.2024
Program Leader
Think Together
04.2021 - 09.2021
Metro by T-mobile
06.2019 - 08.2019
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
California State University of Fullerton
Diploma -
Animo Pat Brown Charter High School
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