Credentials
 
Some of our Staff

Directors

Dr. Joel Hundert is a psychologist and Board Certified Behaviour Analyst with over 25 years of experience with children with autism. He is an associate part-time professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, and associate member of the Department of Psychology, McMaster University, past-president of the Ontario Association for Behaviour Analysis, previously, Training Director for the Provincial Autism Initiative, a director on the Certification Board for Behavior Analysts and is on the editorial board of several scholarly journals. He can be reached at (905) 570-0777; Fax (905) 570-0778; email: jhundert@vaxxine.com

Dr. Nicole Walton-Allen is a psychologist and Board Certified Behaviour Analyst with over 15 years of experience with children and adults with autism and related disabilities. She teaches in the Department of Psychology, McMaster University, Training Coordinator for the Provincial Training, is a behavioural consultant to several agencies and school boards, and has a particular interest in parenting issues. She can be reached at (416) 251-9277; Fax (416) 251-4688; email: NicoleWA@on.aibn.com

 

Staff

Behaviour Institute is staffed by Senior Clinicians who provide clinical supervision and ensure program quality. Senior Clinicians have a Masters degree or equivalence. Treatment of children with autism is delivered by Senior and Junior facilitators. Senior facilitators directly work with children and in addition have extra responsibilities to ensure that programming materials are available and that data is collected. Senior facilitators meet with the Psychologist or Senior Clinician on a regular basis. Junior and Senior Facilitators are recruited from university graduates in psychology (or equivalent field) or from those about to graduate.

How to Contact Us

Behaviour Institute
57 Young St.
Hamilton, Ontario L8N 1V1
Phone:(905) 570-0777
Fax:(905) 570-0778
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Toronto Office:
The 618 Queensway
Toronto, Ontario M8Y 1K3
Phone:(416) 251-9277
FAX: (416) 251-4688
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OUR MISSION
We provide solutions for human development

  • We believe that a child’s progress is dependent on the child’s active engagement in learning activities
  • We provide the highest quality treatment to children and their families, based on empirical evidence of effectiveness, delivered by well-trained and supervised staff, under a structure that ensure continued updating of the child’s program, through direct measurement of the child’s skills.
  • We believe that to the greatest extent possible, children with autism should be allowed access to the same life-quality events in normalized settings (e.g., schools) as other children.
  • We believe that each child is unique and requires an individualized approach to treatment.
  • We believe that successful treatment requires the summed efforts of all of the individuals supporting a child working in concert across settings and over time.