Sophie Buroker
Redlands
Summary
Driven and nurturing ABA professional with 6 years of experience providing behavioral support to clients ages 2-19 across school, clinic, center, home, and community settings. Extensive experience working with non-verbal clients, including those who are deaf, blind, or present with high-intensity behaviors. Well-versed in supporting clients with Down Syndrome, complex communication needs, and specialized medical requirements, including G-tube dependency. Skilled in augmentative alternative communication (AAC), crisis de-escalation, behavior management, and vestibular & movement-based interventions. Dedicated to fostering inclusive, compassionate, and ethically sound therapeutic environments.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Behavior Technician
Accel Therapies
05.2023 - 09.2024
- Provided 1:1 ABA in-center services to a verbal and non-verbal client.
- Implemented PECS to teach functional communication with non-verbal client.
- Utilized echoic vocal play to shape and increase vocalizations with non-verbal client.
- Applied DRA and FCT strategies to teach manding for attention and social independence.
- Implemented emotional regulation strategies to support functional self-regulation.
- Provided modeling and reinforcement to teach self-advocacy skills to support peer communication.
- Facilitated NET opportunities through turn taking and sharing to promote social reciprocity with peers.
- Implemented task analysis, backward chaining, and prompting hierarchies to teach self-care skills, dressing and toothbrushing.
- Provided medically adaptive care by modifying session strategies to accommodate medication effects for verbal client with ADHD.
- Supported in the creation of behavioral, social and academic programs for both clients.
Behavior Therapist
Maxim Healthcare Services
07.2022 - 01.2023
- Provided direct classroom support to a client with advanced adaptive skills.
- Implemented hands-off crisis intervention strategies to de-escalate high-intensity moments and maintain client safety.
- Applied verbal behavior strategies to reduce verbal outburst and promote appropriate hand-raising behavior.
- Facilitated engagement in structured and unstructured classroom activities to support social participation.
- Modified environmental and instructional variables to enhance adaptive coping skills and reduce behavioral challenges.
- Assisted client in communicating verbally and non-verbally with peers and teachers to enhance classroom engagement.
- Collaborated weekly with the district SLP and treatment team to track client progress.
Behavior Interventionist
Cortica
01.2022 - 06.2022
- Delivered client treatment in an interdisciplinary clinic with OT and SLP.
- Provided in-home services, tailoring interventions to promote community engagement.
- Adapted intervention strategies to support client diagnosed with ODD and hyperarousal to promote engagement and behavioral regulation.
- Implemented desensitization and stimulus fading to address sensory eating compulsions and reduce food throwing and re-ingestion behaviors.
- Developed and implemented elopement prevention and management plans across the home and community settings.
- Facilitated social skills acquisition in real-world environments to support interactions with unfamiliar community members.
- Utilized movement-based interventions (rolling boards) to support sensory regulation and motor planning.
- Conducted structured community walks to increase client tolerance for social settings and public environments.
Behavior Therapist
Dream Big Chidren's Center
01.2021 - 06.2022
- Provided direct comprehensive care in an ABA center setting.
- Implemented communication interventions to improve verbal acquisition and expressive language development.
- Implemented functional social skills interventions to promote peer engagement and reciprocal interactions.
- Utilized attention-building strategies to enhance task completion and sustained focus.
- Facilitated fine motor development to improve graphomotor skills and handwriting precision.
- Provided OT gross motor activities (kicking, throwing) to enhance motor skill acquisition.
- Adapted and implemented toilet training interventions to enhance self-independence and routine compliance.
- Promoted ADL development through teaching correct shirt and pant orientation to promote self-reliance and functional dressing skills.
- Monitored client progress and maintained accurate data collection through electronic tracking.
Behavior Intervention Specialist
Inclusive Education & Community Partnership
06.2019 - 12.2020
- Provided 1:1 direct client care in the school setting, implementing behavioral and academic interventions.
- Implemented behavior reduction strategies to address elopement and physically aggressive behaviors.
- Modified medically adaptive care to support G-tube dependency to support client's specific health needs.
- Collaborated with district educators and clinical team to support with treatment goals and promote interdisciplinary care.
- Promoted client autonomy by encouraging independence in daily routines and academic tasks.
- Promoted functional community engagement through gardening and senior citizen assistance to foster social responsibility and skill generalization.
- Provided ABA services via telehealth during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Education
Psychology
California State University, Channel Islands
Camarillo, CAMaster of Arts - Special Education / Applied Behavior Analysis
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ08-2025
Skills
- Skill Acquisition & Behavior Reduction Strategies
- Behavior Intervention Planning & Implementation
- Augmentative & Alternative Communication (ACC) Strategies
- Sensory-Based & Motor Skill Interventions
- Crisis Prevention & Behavior De-Escalation
- Interdisciplinary Communication & Coordination
- Inclusive Client Advocacy & Cultural Competency
- Clinical Fidelity & Treatment Integrity
- Adaptive Strategies for Sensory & Communication Impairments
- NET & Generalization Strategies
Certification
- Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) – Crisis Consultant Group | Certified: February 2025
- Non-Violent Physical Intervention (NVPI) – Crisis Consultant Group | Certified: February 2025
- Basic Life Support (BLS) – National CPR Foundation | Certified: February 2025
- CPR/AED – National CPR Foundation | Certified: Februaryc2025
- First Aid – National CPR Foundation | Certified: February 2025
Timeline
Behavior Technician
Accel Therapies
05.2023 - 09.2024
Behavior Therapist
Maxim Healthcare Services
07.2022 - 01.2023
Behavior Interventionist
Cortica
01.2022 - 06.2022
Behavior Therapist
Dream Big Chidren's Center
01.2021 - 06.2022
Behavior Intervention Specialist
Inclusive Education & Community Partnership
06.2019 - 12.2020
- Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) – Crisis Consultant Group | Certified: February 2025
- Non-Violent Physical Intervention (NVPI) – Crisis Consultant Group | Certified: February 2025
- Basic Life Support (BLS) – National CPR Foundation | Certified: February 2025
- CPR/AED – National CPR Foundation | Certified: Februaryc2025
- First Aid – National CPR Foundation | Certified: February 2025
Psychology
California State University, Channel Islands
Master of Arts - Special Education / Applied Behavior Analysis
Arizona State University
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