Camilla Zoë Cuddy
PsyD BCBA-D LBA
Zoë is a licensed clinical child psychologist and certified licensed behavior analyst with over 20 years of experience evaluating and treating children with a wide range of presenting problems, diagnoses and needs.
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Zoë was born in London and raised in New York City. She attended the Lyçée Français de New York, before completing her undergraduate degree at Vassar College and New York University. Zoë completed her studies with a Masters Degree and Doctoral degree at Ferkauf’s Graduate School of Psychology, Albert Einstein School of Medicine and an internship at the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine in 2000.
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Over the next several years, Zoë worked in a variety of settings, performing evaluations and working therapeutically with children with a broad variety of presenting problems and diagnoses. While working as the school psychologist at a specialized pre-school, she became increasingly familiar with applied behavior analysis and its empirically-based efficacy treating autism. It became clear to her that this approach is the “gold standard” for working with children on the autism spectrum and Zoë began pursuing her certification and licensure in applied behavior analysis which she completed in 2012.
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Zoë has worked with a very wide range of children with varying degrees of impairment, and brings a unique combination of clinical and behavioral expertise to each and every case she takes on. Zoë lives with her husband, two daughters and dog Leo in New York City and loves to hike, travel, dance and read.
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Joshua is a Board-Certified and Licensed Behavior Analyst. He practices in Long Island and Manhattan. Joshua graduated with a master’s in science from the Sage Colleges Applied Behavior Analysis program.
Joshua has worked in a variety of settings across Long Island and Manhattan, including center-based, home-based, community-based, school settings (elementary through high school), pre-vocational programs, job sites and work-related settings. Joshua first worked with individuals that presented with ASD in 2001, volunteering for a weekend sports program in Westchester New York. He was first introduced to applied behavior analysis in 2006 while working with Dr. Cecelia McCarton at her center-based program for individuals with Autism aged three to twelve. Joshua then went on to work with Dr Peter Gerhardt providing 1:1 services to young adults in a high school and community program that focused on transitioning adolescents with autism into adulthood. After working with Dr Gerhardt, Joshua pursued his master’s degree in applied behavior analysis and became board certified.
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Since then, Joshua has focused on providing the highest quality of services to individuals with ASD in their home and the community. He has focused on using the principles of applied behavior analysis to help all his clients become more independent while also working closely with the parents and caretakers of the individuals he treats. Currently, Joshua consults with families and school districts in Long Island while also providing in-home care to individuals with autism with a focus on parent training.
In his spare time, Joshua enjoys spending time with his wife and two children traveling, experiencing new restaurants and lazy days at the beach (when he can find time).
Joshua May
BCBA LBA
Tara Egloff May
CCC-SLP
Tara May is an ASHA certified and NYS state licensed speech-language pathologist. She has over 10 years of experience and is adept in the assessment and treatment of individuals presenting with varied diagnoses, such as receptive and expressive language delays, motor speech disorders and autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Her professional experience includes working with children from ages 3 to 21 years-old who exhibit a wide variety of language skills ranging from limited verbal skills to independent verbal communicators. She also has extensive experience and knowledge utilizing various forms of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), including low-tech and high-tech devices and is PROMPT level I trained.
Tara graduated in 2009 with both her B.A. and M.S. in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Adelphi University. She is currently the Director of Upper School Speech and Language Services at a private, non-for-profit school on the Upper West Side of Manhattan that services individuals with ASD from ages 5 to 21 years-old. Tara values the benefits of multidisciplinary collaboration and demonstrates the ability to put evidence-based techniques into practice. She is a firm believer in making therapy a fun learning experience for learners of all ages by incorporating diverse tools and technology within sessions.
In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her two young children and husband, traveling abroad and is an avid beachgoer.
We have worked together for many years and have collaborated on several long term cases both as therapists and supervisors. Along the way we have had a never-ending conversation about what matters to us most about the work we do, and we have found a common ground and philosophy that has culminated in wanting to create an agency that provides the kind of ABA programming we can stand behind. We bring together a tremendous experience working with a broad range of children with varying degrees of impairment, a variety of settings and family situations. In addition to her behavior analytic experience, Zoë brings a clinician’s perspective to each case.
Our shared experiences have helped shape our approach: we believe that parent/caretaker involvement is critical to a child’s progress and is often overlooked or secondary in ABA programming. We are committed to working very closely with parents or caregivers (babysitters, grandparents, siblings, etc) from the very outset of treatment so that parents feel empowered and competent in their ability to be an active part of their child’s progress. Research supports the simple fact that parental involvement and training is the one invariable factor and an integral part of the success of early intervention programs for children with autism, and the lack of it has also been shown to have a significant negative impact on outcomes. The best ABA programming is only as good as its ability to continue to be effective when the therapists have left the room.
Our approach to programming is highly individualized and driven by close observations of a child in various settings, periodic assessments, and each child’s unique set of strengths and weaknesses. We will meet with you monthly as a team to review all programming, assess progress, troubleshoot, and update goals. We are also committed to being available to families, along with our therapists, during extended weekday hours and weekends to ensure that programming and therapies target all the moments of the day/week that can be most challenging for parents. Last but not least, we work closely with school teams to ensure that goals and interventions are carried out in both the home and school environments and remain closely aligned in order to maintain skill acquisition and consolidate gains.
We are firmly committed to being very closely involved in each case in a collaborative and supervisory capacity (in person not remotely) and we hire only very skilled and hardworking fully licensed and certified BCBAs who share our work ethic and approach. These therapists have completed all of their training and thus are not being trained while working with your child. This is a critical difference between us and some other agencies. We will not place a therapist on your case who is not fully credentialed and licensed. Your time, investment and commitment to the success of ABA programming for your child is something we take very seriously and we do not feel it is appropriate to assign anything less than a fully trained therapist to working with you and your child.
