ABA Clinic
We’re small by design, creating a personal, client-centered environment where we can provide focused, individualized care—one child at a time.
Our team provides high-quality ABA services rooted in neurodiversity-affirming practices, prioritizing connection, respect, and meaningful progress over compliance. We are dedicated to supporting families while tailoring individualized programs that align with each child’s unique strengths, needs and goals. This group of highly experienced behavior analysts and technicians focus on fostering skill development in a way that values relationships, promotes independence and empowers every child and family we serve.
Aaustin McCormick
Aaustin has been working in Applied Behavior Analysis since 2015 and joined the Behavior Health Partners team in 2018. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from Grand Valley State University and her Master of Science in Psychology from Purdue University Global. Aaustin obtained her BCBA certification in 2023.
Aaustin is a proponent of Neurodiversity-Affirming ABA. While she has experience working with people who have various diagnoses, her specialty is in working with autistic children. Aaustin hopes to create a practice that focuses on each client’s individual strengths and the good that their differences bring to the world. She seeks to help her clients by adjusting their environments to better meet their needs, providing accommodations, and building self-advocacy skills.
“When a flower doesn’t bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower.” – Alexander Den Heijer
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Julianne Kessler
Julianne started at Behavior Health Partners in December of 2017. She has been doing ABA therapy for almost 12 years and has a Bachelor’s of Science from Western Michigan University. Julianne is pursuing a Master’s degree in Applied Behavior Analysis with hopes of becoming a BCBA. What has kept her in this field for so long is not only getting to work with great kids and their families, but also getting to see the kid’s personalities develop more. When she is not working, she likes to spend time with her family and be outside as much as she can. She loves to play any type of board game and currently has not lost a game of Connect 4 in about 5 years.
Katie Pikaart
Katie started with BHP in August of 2019. She graduated from Grand Valley State University with her B.S. in Psychology. When she’s not at work, she likes playing cards and board games, making mead with her boyfriend, working out, camping with her family and friends, and eating pizza. Katie’s favorite part of working as an RBT is seeing the kids grow and learn new skills. Watching them succeed at a target they have been working at, is the highlight of her day.