Founder

Ben Cordoba has 3 years’ experience working directly with adults with intellectual disabilities. He provided one on one care in areas of daily living, social and independent functioning skills, feeding and medication oversight in a group home setting. He planned and accompanied residents on community trips and functions in the community. Ben was a strong advocate for residents to have as many opportunities as possible for them to have the opportunity to do something they enjoy outside and inside the home. Ben assisted in deescalating behaviors whenever needed. He is calm and kind by nature and patient with residents’ with behaviors. He quickly became lead staff and assisted with training new employees.

Ben volunteers to mentor young men with varying disabilities partnered with an educational advocacy group. He coordinates and attends events in the community with them. His focus with them is on physical, mental and emotional development. He understands the need to meet the young men where they are and build from there. His goal is to improve confidence and build a trusting relationship simultaneously.

During these combined work and life experiences, Ben and Alyssa have acquired skills necessary to work with individuals with varying disabilities and to work with staff as a team in order to best treat the behavioral issues that arise with individuals with intellectual disabilities.

Behavior Analyst

Kimberly is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst with 34 years of experience in the field of developmental disabilities.

She has been certified as a behavior analyst since 2002. She received her Bachelor's in Psychology from Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee in 2001. She then received her Master's in Applied Behavior Analysis from Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Florida. She has experience in foster care, family home therapy, group homes and parent training.

Her passion is training new behavior analysts and educating those new to the field.

She has been a member of the Local Review Committee with the Agency for Persons with Disabilities since 2005 and has chaired committees since 2008. She currently serves as the Clinical Director of Behavior Services at Always Promoting Independence. She is the Oversight Behavior Analyst for Club Court Behavior Focus group home. She has a wealth of experience working with Behavior Focus group homes, providing oversight behavior analysis services. She has provided this service since 2005 in the Suncoast Region. She has assisted homes to get homes through the process of opening a home, setting up the home and choosing residents for the homes.