Kerri Grass

My journey in Applied Behavior Analysis began at age 20 when I was still an undergraduate, after working briefly in a daycare during college. I was incredibly fortunate to find a mentor and supervisor who hired me and taught me the fundamentals of the most common forms of ABA. At my first company, I had a really unique experience because they expanded their specialties, allowing me to shadow and work across different areas - I started with early intervention, then moved into social skills groups, which I eventually created and ran. I'm proud that the program is still running today with the therapist I trained there, because it's a service that's definitely lacking in our area and the more of them there are, the better for the community. I also gained experience with the more severe side of ABA, working with severe behaviors and feeding therapy for kids with G-tubes who needed pediatrician referrals just to maintain their nutritional needs. After that, I moved to another company where I helped start their social skills program and worked as a behavior analyst in training while finishing grad school. That experience was invaluable because I got to work directly with children, families, and supervise staff, which taught me that managing other people is very different than doing everything on your own. That's where I truly found my niche with parent training and one-on-one behavior support sessions for kids who maybe don't need 30 hours of therapy every week, but just need 1 or 10 hours a week. In February 2026, I opened Dragonfly Behavioral Consulting out of a building that's been in my family for generations - it was originally my Mama's daycare, then my dad's real estate business, and now my practice. I named it after the dragonflies my grandmother loved as a way to honor her. My approach centers on keeping families super involved in everything - I meet with parents at least weekly to ensure the goals we're working on are socially valid and clinically appropriate, purposeful in home and school settings. I collaborate with teachers to make sure kids are thriving and can target anything they need extra help with. I'm also about to start my own social skills group in a couple weeks to help kids maintain those skills over the summer.