The therapist provides 6-12 hours per week of one-to-one work with each child. Therapists attend all of their scheduled sessions and must be available to attend team meetings.

The Lead Therapist provides 6-12 hours per week of one-to-one work with each child. 

The Lead Therapist also attends all of their scheduled sessions, team meetings and overlaps other therapists at least one hour each fortnight to ensure consistency.

The Lead Therapist may also help train new therapists, gather necessary materials, schedule therapists as needed and participate in phone consultations with the Consultant. If doing a home based programme, parents sometimes assume the lead therapist role or choose a dedicated therapist to assume this role.

The EAP Consultant is responsible for supervising the child’s program, overlapping with therapists, training team members, developing and monitoring the curriculum as well as facilitating team meetings.

They spend approximately seven hours each month with each child, team and family. Their hours may also be used to coordinate services with other professionals involved in your child’s therapy program, such as classroom teachers or speech therapists.

Consultants typically have a Bachelor’s degree and 2000 hours of experience working as a Therapist on ABA programs before training to become a Consultant. Consultant’s participate in an intensive 16-week training course, which includes both instruction by Clinic Directors, Senior Consultants and direct fieldwork with a variety of children.

The Senior Consultant is responsible for overseeing the Consultants and the children with whom the Consultants work. The Senior Consultant sees each of the children every two months.

The Senior Consultant meets with all the Consultants each fortnight during a clinic meeting to discuss the children as well as separate monthly meetings to discuss the children’s progress. This position requires a minimum of three years experience of being a Consultant.

WEAP Senior Consultants provide on-going support, training and supervision of all clinical staff.

Dr. Glen Sallows is cofounder and President of the Wisconsin Early Autism Project. He has been working in the field of autism for over 25 years and has supervised programs for over 1000 Wisconsin children.

He received his doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of Oregon and trained with Dr Ivar Lovaas at UCLA prior to starting WEAP in 1993 with Tamlynn D. Graupner, MS. Dr. Sallows and Ms. Graupner continue to study the effectiveness of ABA therapy and have brought this treatment to children in the U.S., Great Britain, Canada, Central America, Australia and Malaysia.

The WEAP Senior Consultant sees each child in the EAP programme to ensure that needs are met and growth continues to occur.