Eyas Landing Staff
Eyas Landing Directors
Dr. Laura Mraz, OTD, OTR/L
Executive Director – Occupational Therapist
Specializations/Interests:
- Sensory Integration (SIPT) Certified
- Early Intervention Specialist
- DIR/Floortime
- The Intentional Relationship Model
- Leadership and Management
Dr. Leah Dunleavy, MA, BCBA, OTD, OTR/L
Clinic Director – Occupational Therapist & BCBA
Specializations/Interests:
- Therapeutic Listening (These interventions are not behavior-analytic in nature and are not covered by my BACB credential)
- Handwriting Without Tears (These interventions are not behavior-analytic in nature and are not covered by my BACB credential)
- Applied Behavior Analysis
- School-based occupational therapy
Occupational Therapists
Heather Fite, MS, OTR/L
Occupational Therapist
Specializations/Interests:
- Sensory Integration Therapy
- Social and Emotional Skills
- Visual Perceptual Therapy
- Early Intervention
- DIR/Floortime
Kaitlin Hughes, MOT, OTR/L
Occupational Therapist
Specializations/Interests:
- Sensory Integration
- Handwriting Without Tears
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- School-Based Occupational Therapy
Alan Minyard, M.S., OTR/L
Occupational Therapist
Specializations/Interests:
- Music-Based intervention
- Sensory-Based intervention
- Hands-on ADL and motor skills training
- Behavior management
- Autism Spectrum Disorder/Sensory Processing Disorder
- Learning theory
- DIR/Floortime model
- Family-centered therapy
Lauren Abry, OTD, OTR/L
Occupational Therapist
Specializations/Interests:
- DIR/Floortime
- Sensory Integration
- Social and Emotional Skills
- Visual Perceptual Skills
- Autism Spectrum Disorder/Sensory Processing Disorder
- Down syndrome
Kristian Shumate, MS, OTR/L
Occupational Therapist
Specializations/Interests:
- Early Intervention
- Handwriting Without Tears
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- ADHD
Alex Sniegowski, MOT, OTR/L
Occupational Therapist
Specializations/Interests:
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Sensory Integration
- Social and Emotional Skills
- Applied Behavior Analysis
Speech-Language Pathologists
Kelly Canavan, MA, CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist, Department Head
Specializations/Interests:
- Early Intervention Specialist
- Child Speech (articulation & phonology) and Language Disorders
- Cognitive Communicative Disorders (Traumatic Brain Injury)
- Autism
- Alternative/Augmentative Communication
- Sensory feeding
- Fluency
Elaine Tierney, MS, CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist
Specializations/Interests:
- Autism
- Feeding therapy
- Early Intervention
- Family coaching
- Receptive and expressive language
- Speech development
Amanda Weiland, MS, CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist
Specializations/Interests:
- American Speech-Language and Hearing Association (ASHA) certified
- Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)
- Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
- Expressive and receptive language delays/disorders
- Speech sound production (articulation, phonological, and Childhood Apraxia of Speech)
- Autism
- Social/Pragmatic language
- Parent education
- Early Intervention
Andrea Levy, MS, CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist
Specializations/Interests:
- Early Intervention Specialist
- Autism
- Articulation and phonological disorders
- Receptive-expressive language disorders
- Fluency
- Augmentative and alternative communication
- Dyslexia
Emily Precht, M.S.,CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist
Specializations/Interests:
- Early Language Development
- Family Coaching
- Phonological/Articulation Disorders
- Childhood Apraxia of Speech
- Receptive and Expressive Language Disorders/Delays
- Pragmatic/Social Language
- Autism
Samantha Friedberg, MS CFY-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist
Specializations/Interests:
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Feeding therapy
- Down Syndrome
- Cerebral Palsy
- Social communication and pragmatic use of language
- Articulation and phonology
- Fluency
- Receptive and expressive language disorders
- AAC
- Early language development
- Childhood Apraxia of Speech
Kellie Meyer, CF-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist
Specializations/Interests:
- Articulation
- Parent Training
- Ages 0-8
- Pragmatics
- Early Language
Behavioral Therapists
Brianna Pickel, BCBA, MEd, ABA
BCBA, Department Head
Specializations/Interests:
- Applied Behavior Analysis
- Discrete Trial Teaching (DTT)
- Functional Communication
- Natural Environment Teaching
- Behavior Reduction
- Behavior Intervention Plan
Kate Scully, MS, BCBA
Behavior Analyst
Specializations/Interests:
- Applied Behavior Analysis
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Anxiety
- ADHD
Aislin Woell, BA-CSD
Behavior Therapist
Specializations/Interests:
- Applied Behavior Analysis
- Autism
- Early Intervention
- Behavior Management
Elizabeth Romero, RBT
Behavior Therapist
Specializations/Interests:
- Applied Behavior Analysis
- Psychology
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Discrete Trial Learning
- Natural Environment Teaching
Monica Mariner M.Ed., DT, RBT
Behavior Therapist, Developmental Therapist
Specializations/Interests:
- Early Intervention
- DTT (Discrete trial training)
- DIR/Floortime
- Applied Behavior Analysis
- Parent Education
- Autism
- Down Syndrome
Jenny Rees, B.S., RBT
Behavior Therapist
Specializations/Interests:
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Functional Communication
- Applied Behavior Analysis
- Behavior Reduction
Gileene Daradar, BA, RBT
Behavior Therapist
Specializations/Interests:
- Applied Behavior Analysis
- Natural Environment Teaching
- Behavior Reduction
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Intentional Relationship Model
- Discrete Trial Teaching
- Functional Communication
Carolyn Coli, RBT
Behavior Therapist
Specializations/Interests:
- Social and Emotional Learning
- ADHD
- Behavior management
- Social/Pragmatic language
- Parent education
Kendall Phillips, RBT
Behavior Therapist
Lauren Pierce, RBT
Behavior Therapist
Dora Ocanas-Herrera, RBT
Behavior Therapist
Whitney Klein, RBT
Behavior Therapist
Physical Therapists
Dr. Jessica Tarence, PT, DPT
Physical Therapist
Specializations/Interests:
- School-based Physical Therapy
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Therapeutic Exercise for Individuals with Down Syndrome
- Evidence-based Practice
Dr. Shaun Tu, BA, BS, DPT
Physical Therapist
Specializations/Interests:
- Sports/Athletic Performance
- Neurologic Injury Rehabilitation
- Floortime/DIR
- Evidence-based Practice
Nirja Parikh, PT, DPT
Physical Therapist
Specializations/Interests:
- Yoga
- Neuroanatomy
- Tutoring
- Ayurveda
- Dancing
- Learning something new every day!
Administration
Blythe Northcut
Administrative Assistant
