WE ARE HERE FOR YOU IN MILWAUKEE-WEST ALLIS AND FULLY BILINGUAL.
WHAT WE OFFER
At the West Allis location of Ignite, our fully bilingual (Spanish/English) staff provides services to clients and families in-center during daytime hours.
Getting to know you and your child or student is an honor for us. We can’t wait to see the awesome potential that is in your child’s personality and abilities. Please contact us today, and we’ll look forward to meeting you.
ABA Therapy
ABA therapy focuses on shaping behavior through prompting and fading procedures along with the use of positive reinforcement that are functional and child-specific. Our goal is to help our clients develop the skills that they need in order to be successful in their daily lives. Our team of Board Certified Behavior Analysts are passionate about leveraging the most current evidence-based practices when developing and individualizing programming for the clients and families that we serve.
OUR TEAM
Victoria Oliversen, M.S., BCBA, LBA
Director of Autism Services: Milwaukee Region
Victoria is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst and attended graduate school at St. Cloud State University. She graduated with a Master’s of Science in Applied Behavior Analysis and became board certified in 2018. Victoria has been working in the field of ABA for over 9 years and has had the pleasure of working with a variety of clients, ages 2-18. It is Victoria's top priority to provide progressive, compassionate, and empirically-validated ABA treatment for each child. Victoria's training and experience within the field of ABA allows her to specialize in the following areas: speech and language development, development of play and social skills, school and classroom-based interventions, management of anxiety/anxiety-related behavior, and the reduction and management of maladaptive behavior. During her free time, Victoria paints, draws, and is involved in a lot of artistic pursuits.
Samantha Chaulklin, M.S., BCBA, LBA
Board Certified Behavior Analyst
Sami has been in the field of ABA since 2015. Upon earning her Bachelor's degree in Psychology-Human Services and Spanish, she completed a Psychology and Spanish study abroad program in Lima, Peru. She then completed her coursework in ABA through Florida Institute of Technology in 2017, where she earned a Master of Science in Psychology- Child and Adolescent Development in 2021. Sami became board certified in 2022 and is a Licensed Behavior Analyst in the State of Wisconsin. She is passionate about providing functional communication training to clients in both English and Spanish and collaborating in schools. Sami has collaborated with a variety of multidisciplinary teams throughout her professional career, as well as while volunteering with the Global Autism Project. Outside of work, Sami enjoys dancing, painting, and spending time training her dogs.