Maithri is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst from Michigan. She graduated from the University of Michigan with a B.S. in Neuroscience. She helped conduct an encopresis research study in the child behavioral health department at the children’s hospital where she learned and fell in love with ABA therapy and decided to pursue her masters in ABA at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. Maithri has over 3 years of experience working with children diagnosed with Autism and other developmental disabilities. She has provided clinic-based ABA services for children ranging from 2-15 years old in pre-schools, early intervention, and pediatric clinics. She is passionate about teaching functional communication, targeting socially significant daily living skills and social skills, reducing challenging behaviors while teaching appropriate replacement behaviors, and helping parents learn more about ABA through parent training to better help their child in the home setting. Maithri has a special interest in incorporating ABA principles with technology in the education system and hopes to pursue higher education to continue learning and adding more research about this topic!

Maithri lives in downtown Chicago with her husband and loves to try new restaurants, watch a good TV show, travel, and spend time with her family and friends.