Our Experience
Pacific Autism Center is an assembly of experienced providers who share the same vision of creating a center that specializes in Autism. The staff is dedicated to the mission and treatment philosophy. They are here because quality services, support and increased supervision is what they want to receive as a professional and they understand that the child’s program is only as good as the direct service provider. In a center based environment, therapists are trained thoroughly and evaluations on every therapist are done per client on a monthly basis to ensure they are on track and implementing the programs as trained. Therapists enjoy this atmosphere as they can be assured they are implementing programs correctly.
Laura Cook |
Our CEO and president has been living with autism for over 7 years since her son was originally diagnosed. She managed her son’s program from beginning to end. Laura understands the “entire program” from the beginning intense DTT programs to the Intermediate more NET programs and finally the Advanced programs of social cognition. This gives our parents a wealth of knowledge to tap into. You can read more about her at Our Story of Hope.
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Dr. Carol Nowak |
Our program’s Clinical Director is Dr. Carol Nowak. For the past 20 years, Dr. Nowak, a licensed psychologist, has dedicated her work to improving the mental and behavioral health services for the children of Hawaii. She comes to the center with a diverse background of direct service, assessment, consultation, supervision, and program development for children and their families in residential treatment, educational settings, out-patient services, and hospital-based programs. Dr. Novak has worked within the State of Hawaii Departments of Education and Health, several non-profit social service agencies, and medical centers serving children. She is also an adjunct clinical faculty at Argosy University and the Hawaii Medical School, Department of Psychiatry.
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Emaley McCulloch |
Mrs. McCulloch is the ABA (Applied Behavioral Analysis) Program Supervisor at Pacific Autism Center. Emaley brings more than twelve years of experience working in the field of autism and ABA. She has worked with a wide range of ages and levels of functioning. She has supervised and trained staff at numerous companies and agencies. She has been an Autism Consultant and Clinic Supervisor for local agencies for over four years. Emaley graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology at Brigham Young University and has a goal of gaining her Masters in Special Education and BCBA Certification.
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