Based on direct supervision and consultation with our Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs), our team of skilled ABA Therapists employ various functional communication interventions as well as behavior management techniques based in ABA principles to enable our clients to develop communication, adaptive, social, coping and life skills. Our clients receive an abundance of positive reinforcement for demonstrating necessary skills and socially appropriate behaviors. The emphasis is on positive social interactions and enjoyable learning. The client receives no reinforcement for behaviors that pose harm or prevent learning.
Rochelle Hickmott-Mulkern, MA, M.Ed. BCBA
Rochelle Hickmott-Mulkern is the Co-Executive Director / Business Director and founder of Granite State ABA Services, LLC.
Rochelle earned her graduate certificate in ABA from Antioch University in 2016 and is licensed as a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA). Rochelle also has a Masters of Arts in Public Policy and Management from the University of Southern Maine and a Masters Degree in Educational Disabilities from Rivier College.
She holds four NH teaching licenses including learning disabilities, emotional disabilities, general special education, and special education administrator. Rochelle has experience as a former NH Guardian ad Litem and has worked with numerous families on a variety of parenting, abuse/neglect and guardianship cases. She has over 25 years working with individuals with developmental and mental health disabilities and their families in a variety of public, private and non-profit settings.
In addition to running ABA Services operations with her business partner, Rochelle provides direct behavioral ABA services in family’s homes, the community, schools, and the work place. Rochelle provides clinical supervision for direct care ABA Therapists on a regular basis and serves as the Safety Care Trainer for the staff at Granite State ABA Services.
Rochelle has exceptional knowledge and expertise with regard to the use of incidental teaching in the natural environment, applying antecedent and environmental controls in a variety of settings, early intervention for children birth to age three and special education process and regulations.
Rochelle has resided in Mount Washington Valley for the past twenty years enjoying outdoor time with her family on the local rivers and mountains.
Brigitte Leonard, MS Ed, BCBA
Brigitte began her career in ABA upon graduating from UMass Amherst with a BA in Psychology and landing a job at the New England Center for Children in 2009. Eleven years later, she has earned her MS in Special Education from Simmons College in 2017 and her graduate certificate in ABA from Florida Institute of Technology in 2019.
Brigitte has held numerous positions including ABA therapist, job coach, adapted physical educator, and special educator while working at NECC. She has experience working with clients of all ages, ranging from pre-school to adults. She has provided services in clinical, residential, and school settings. Most recently, Brigitte worked as a special educator for seven kindergarten and first grade students in a sub-separate, ABA-based classroom in a public school.
Brigitte’s areas of expertise include functional communication, incidental teaching, token economies, levels systems, and autism spectrum disorder.
Brigitte is originally from Massachusetts and moved to New Hampshire three years ago. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, taking pictures, traveling, playing tennis, being outside, and babysitting her three nieces!
Heather Hill, M.Ed. BCBA
Heather Hill is the Co-Executive Director/Clinical Coordinator of Granite State ABA Service LLC. Heather earned her graduate certificate in ABA from Antioch University in 2016 and is licensed as a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA).
Heather began her extensive career in care giving as a Registered Nurse; working in a variety of health care settings and finishing with 13 years as the School Nurse at Andover Elementary/Middle School in Andover, New Hampshire. Although she has retired her RN career her medical background has proven to be a welcome asset.
While she gained her BS Degree in Health Education from Granite State University, Heather began her pursuit of a certificate in Positive Behavioral Intervention Systems [PBIS] and her M.Ed. from Plymouth State University. Following her M.Ed. graduation, Heather became a behavior specialist working with a variety of school venues providing behavioral intervention services for schools, children and families.
In 2014, Heather Hill began her work as an ABA Therapist while completing the certificate program with Antioch University in Keene, New Hampshire.
In addition to running business operations with her partner, Heather provides direct behavioral ABA services in family’s homes, the community, and schools. She has over 30 years of experience working with families in the home, and community settings. Heather has extensive experience working as a behavior liaison between home, school, and medical practitioners to support families of children with disabilities.
She has presented numerous workshops; topics include Autism, ADHD, ABA training, and Behavior interventions for teachers and staff in area schools. She has 20 years of experience facilitated parent education groups on a variety of topics for parents of children of all ages.
She brings knowledge and expertise regarding the use of incidental teaching, natural environment teaching, verbal behavior, and ABA techniques.
When Heather isn’t working she is enjoys the ocean, and spending time with her family including eight grandchildren.
Christi Wilson, MS, BCBA
Christi earned her MS in Applied Behavior Analysis while working at The New England Center for Children, graduating in 2012. She happened into the field of ABA while working through a BS in Sports Medicine in Greensboro, NC. Christi was working with young children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder in a home setting under the supervision of a BCBA and the passion lit fast and hard, leading her to finding the NECC program when relocating to New England after college graduation.
Christi has had experience working with various age groups, settings, diagnoses and behavioral presentations throughout her career. She worked for 3 years at NECC, on both the Staff Intensive Unit with teenage girls, and then the preschool program. Following this experience and graduation from the masters program, Christi relocated to NH and spent almost 7 years working for Becket Family of Services in the Pike, NH area. Being the only BCBA in the company, Christi worked to bring ABA into the residential facilities, working with troubled youth, primarily teenage boys.
As a Clinical Director within the BFS system, Christi enjoyed developing systems to better support both client and faculty outcomes. When Christi isn’t working, she enjoys being a cheerleader for her kid’s sports. Her kids would tell you her favorite thing to do is snuggling on the couch with them and her husband.
Granite State ABA Services LLC
Coos, Grafton, & Carroll Counties
PO Box 1304
170 Kearsarge Rd
North Conway, NH 03860
T 603-387-3092
F 603-356-6617
[email protected]
Belknap, Merrimack, & Sullivan Counties
T 603-455-6750
F 603-356-6617
[email protected]aservices.org