Jennifer Vellenoweth

Board Certified Behaviour Analyst (BCBA)

Jennifer Vellenoweth is a Board Certified Behaviour Analyst (BCBA) supporting children, youth, and adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), ADHD, anxiety, and other developmental disabilities. She has been applying the principles of learning to improve socially significant behaviours since 2001.

Jennifer currently serves as the Director of Student Services for the Kindergarten Readiness Program (KRP) and provides clinical direction as a Senior Behaviour Consultant for adults and youth living in residential behaviour support homes with Arcus Community Resources.

Jennifer has received both coursework and implementation training in the Practical Functional Assessment and Skills-Based Treatment model and is credentialed at Level 5 in Advanced Education and Application. She is trained in the BALANCE program designed to support the parent-child relationship and build skills to prevent the development of severe problem behaviour in children with ASD. She is also a certified as a PEERS_® provider, a program providing evidence-based social skills training to adolescents. She is a current member of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science and receives active supervision on the application of Acceptance and Commitment Training to her practice.

Jennifer holds a Master of Science degree in Applied Behavior Analysis from St. Cloud State University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Simon Fraser University.

Conference and Public Speaking Experience

Vellenoweth, J., & Grewal, J. (2023, March). Skills-based treatment in a preschool setting. Symposium conducted at the 15^th annual conference of the British Columbia Association for Behaviour Analysis, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Ho, A., Egan, C., & Vellenoweth, J. (2017). Field manipulation in discrete trial teaching to induce matching and listener repertoires. In A. Ho’s, (Chair) Solving instructional problems in early learners. Symposium conducted at 9th annual conference of the British Columbia Association for Behaviour Analysis in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Baxter, S., Crawford, S., & Vellenoweth, J., (2014, March). What comes after academics: teaching leisure and vocational skills, and desensitization of medical procedures to adolescent and adult learners. Symposium presented at the 6^thannual conference of the British Columbia Association for Behaviour Analysis, Vancouver, British Columbia.