Shoshana Gifter, MS Ed, BCBA, LBA, is the Program Director at Challenge. Ms. Gifter received her MS in Special Education from CUNY through the College of Staten Island. She is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst, a New York State Licensed Behavior Analyst and a Special Education Teacher. Ms. Gifter has over 25 years of experience working with children with Autism, Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy and other developmental disabilities, supporting and empowering their families and helping them facilitate their children’s development. Ms. Gifter is responsible for staff recruitment, case oversight and staff supervision for the program.
All ABA Supervisory Staff have extensive training in a variety of clinical, behavioral and educational approaches that have been shown to be effective for treating children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders. These include: Applied Behavior Analysis, Behavior Modification, Curriculum Development, Discrete Trial Teaching, Incidental Teaching, Strategies for Skill Generalization, Developing Positive Behavioral Supports, Functional Analysis of Problem Behavior, VB (the teaching of verbal behavior based on Skinner's analysis of language), Functional Communication Training, the Picture Exchange Communication System, the use of Picture and Photo Activity Schedules, and Inclusions.
