About CORE ABA

About the CORE Crew

Liz Smith, MS, BCBA, LBA

Liz is the Owner and Director of CORE ABA. She is a Board-Certified Behavior Analyst and realized her passion for working with kids at a young age. Liz found ABA after graduating from Marist College and fell in love with teaching children with Autism Spectrum Disorders new skills, and watching each child make their own progress. She started studying ABA in a variety of settings under multiple supervisors and became most passionate about identifying how each individual child learns, and requisites for early childhood verbal behavior.

Liz obtained her Masters in ABA and Autism at the Sage Colleges and passed the BCBA exam in May of 2013. She started CORE ABA at the beginning of 2014 and has not slowed down since! Liz loves sharing knowledge of ABA and creating opportunities for kids to have fun and learn through the natural environments and contingencies. Liz enjoys teaching and finding creative ways to maximize the potential of all learners, while focusing on helping kids learn how to process and navigate our verbal environments.

Liz has served on the Board of Directors for the Connecticut Association for Behavior Analysis (CT-ABA, 2020-2026), as a Director, Secretary, and President. She is also a member of the Association for Behavior Analysis International and the Association for Professional Behavior Analysts.

BCBAs (Board Certified Behavior Analysts)

BCBA's at C.O.R.E. ABA

At C.O.R.E. ABA, our Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs) play a vital role in helping children with autism reach meaningful goals and build lifelong skills. BCBAs design and oversee individualized Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) programs that support growth in communication, social interaction, play, and daily living skills while reducing barriers to learning and independence.

Our BCBAs conduct assessments, develop data-driven treatment plans, and collaborate closely with families and behavior technicians to ensure each child receives compassionate, effective, and personalized care. They provide ongoing training and supervision to staff, monitor client progress, update programming based on individual needs, and empower families with evidence-based strategies that promote success across home, school, and community environments.

Through collaboration, clinical expertise, and a commitment to positive outcomes, our BCBAs help create opportunities for children and families to thrive.

(Registered) Behavior Technicians

Our amazing team!!!

Behavior Technicians have an extremely important, if not the most important job at CORE ABA. They are the teachers of the behavioral contingencies. They are the eyes observing the child in the environment, the hand patting the learner on the back, the voice that people respond to, the data collector, and the force to be reckoned with! The BTs know the learner, their goals, their motivations, and challenges, and is able to see their potential. They are able to recognize socially significant behavior and, using the programs, BIPs, and support from BCBAs, apply scientifically based procedures and document their progress on that path. BTs find value in this process and progress and use the resulting reinforcement in their daily application, by helping the client practice those skills in new ways, creating opportunities that bring the learner closer to using the skill, independently in the natural environment. Our BT's receive training both on and off-site. We are so grateful to have a wonderful team of BT's and RBTs who work hard every day!!!