Christina Wyse is the Center Director for both BACA Hart in Elkhart, IN and BACA in South Bend, IN. She has been working with children on the autism spectrum since 2006 when a college friend invited her to shadow an in-home session “using this thing called ABA.” She has served clients in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, and Indiana in both home and center-based settings. She received her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Baldwin-Wallace College, coursework in speech and language pathology from Kent State University and University of Pittsburgh, and her master’s degree in applied behavior analysis from St. Cloud State University under the supervision of Dr. John T. Rapp. Christina has been a board certified behavior analyst since 2012. Her master’s thesis entitled, “Training Staff to Implement Brief Stimulus Preference Assessments” was published in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis in 2014. Christina is a member of the Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI) and the Hoosier Association for Behavior Analysis (HABA) and has presented at ABAI, Minnesota Northland Association for Behavior Analysis (MNABA), and HABA. She has worked at BACA since 2013. 

“I’m proud to work for a company whose team works together every day to help each child live his or her best life. Another highlight of this job is teaching our staff about ABA and watching them become excited and passionate about client progress.”

Stacy Apraez is a senior clinical director for BACA, overseeing the state of Indiana. She holds a bachelor of science in psychology from the State University of New York College at Brockport and a master’s degree in applied behavior analysis from the Florida Institute of Technology. Stacy started her career in 1994 at the May Institute working in group homes. She joined Behavior Analysts, Inc. – STARS School in California in 1996. During her tenure, she worked as a consultant in home-based, public, and private school applied behavior analysis (ABA)/verbal behavior (VB) programs under the direction of Mark Sundberg, Ph.D., BCBA-D, MaryAnn Powers Ph.D., BCBA-D, and James Partington Ph.D., BCBA-D. . Stacy later became the Training Division Manager, where she and her team presented a series of workshops throughout the US and Canada, geared for a range of audiences from parents to seasoned professionals. After relocating to Indianapolis in 2005, Stacy continued with Behavior Analysis, Inc. – STARS School as an instructor delivering web-based courses in ABA and VB. In 2006, Stacy began working at the Verbal Behavior Center for Autism to gain additional professional experience under the guidance of Carl Sundberg, Ph.D., BCBA-D. When Dr. Carl Sundberg and Devon Sundberg MA, BCBA founded the Behavior Analysis Center for Autism (BACA), Stacy joined as one of their original consultants. She became the first clinical director at BACA, eventually taking on the role of Director of Operations, which included oversight of all four BACA Locations. Stacy has presented at multiple conferences throughout her career, including Cal-ABA and WIBA. She joined the LEARN Behavioral team in 2021 as a Senior Clinical Director for BACA.

“My greatest satisfaction is seeing BACA employees, who initially joined “just to get a job,” grow to love behavior analysis and the clients we serve and eventually mentor others just entering the field.”