OUR TEAM
The team at ACT Learning Centre is comprised of dedicated therapists with unique backgrounds and specialties.
Leadership
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Cynthia (Cindy) Harrison, M.Sc., Reg. CASLPO
Chief Executive Officer
Cindy is a Speech Language Pathologist and co-founder of ACT Learning Centre and ACT’S sister company, CommuniCare Therapy. Cindy’s area of clinical focus is the provision of assessment and treatment of children, adolescents, and adults with autism spectrum disorder, developmental disabilities, intellectual disabilities, global developmental delays. Cindy holds a post-graduate certificate in DIR/Floortime, and is the only Master Trainer for The Play Project in Canada…
Directors
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Caitlin Lacelle, OT Reg. (Ont.)
Director of Occupational Therapy and Entry to School
Caitlin is a registered Occupational Therapist with the province of Ontario. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from McGill University in 2009 and…
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Jocelyne Boileau
Director of Operations
Jocelyne is the Director of Operations at ACT Learning Centre. Jocelyne graduated from the University of Ottawa in 2009 with…
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Kristy Hunt, M.A., R.B.A. (Ont.)
Director of ABA
Kristy is a Registered Behaviour Analyst and holds a Master of Arts in Special Education from the University of Arizona. Kristy began working in the field of ABA 20 years ago as an Instructor…
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Rebecca Nishimura, MSc(A), SLP Reg CASLPO
Director of Speech-Language Pathology and the PLAY Project
Rebecca Nishimura is the director of Speech-Language Pathology and the PLAY Project. She is a registered Speech-Language Pathologist with the province of Ontario.
All Staff
David Mauricio Cubides Dominguez
David is a Registered Behaviour Analyst at ACT. David holds a Bachelor of Psychology, Diplôme d’études supérieures spécialisées (DESS) en intervention comportementale auprès des personnes présentant un trouble du spectre de l’autisme (TSA), a Master in Education (Learning Design) and has completed a BCBA verified course sequence at Florida Institute of Technology. David also speaks English, French and Spanish.
David has worked with children diagnosed with ASD and other neurodevelopmental disorders for the past five years. He has spent most of his career working in early intervention. He has experience in assessment and intervention using the ESDM approach, and other evidence-based interventions based on naturalistic teaching strategies.
David also has experience with adolescents with severe problem behaviors, teaching functional communication training, using the Hanley approach. David has taught goals in a variety of settings such as schools (teaching IEP goals), agencies (teaching social peer groups) and home settings (teaching verbal behavior). David has also worked with non-verbal kids on how to communicate through PECS and speech generation devices.
“I work at ACT because I really enjoy the multidisciplinary approach, the team, the importance given to naturalistic teaching strategies and the growth opportunities.”
If you could have any exotic animal as a pet, what would it be?
Cheetah
If you had to eat one food for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Lasagna
What’s your favourite holiday?
Christmas
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David Mauricio Cubides Dominguez
Registered Behaviour Analyst
David is a Registered Behaviour Analyst at ACT. David holds a Bachelor of Psychology, Diplôme d’études supérieures spécialisées (DESS) en intervention comportementale auprès des personnes...
Deidre Gauthier
Deidre holds a Bachelor of Behavioural Psychology and has previous experience working in Long-Term Care in Recreation Therapy, as well as with children implementing different recreation/behavioural programs. Deidre is also a textile artist and plays the guitar, ukulele, piano and some banjo!
I have always had a passion for working with children. ACT is an amazing company that I am so grateful to be part of. I love the feeling that I am making a difference.
If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go?
Europe
If you could own any exotic animal, what would it be?
Possum
If you had to eat one food for the rest of you life, what would it be?
Maple Mustard Tofu
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Deidre Gauthier
Classroom Facilitator
Deidre holds a Bachelor of Behavioural Psychology and has previous experience working in Long-Term Care in Recreation Therapy, as well as with children implementing different...
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