PROMOTING CHANGE THROUGH POSITIVE BEHAVIORAL SUPPORT
Changing Tides is committed to promoting change through positive behavior support and counseling for individuals, couples, and families.
SERVICES
In-home Behavioral Assessments
Changing Tides provides in-home behavioral assessments to address challenging behaviors and develop alternative coping skills. Changing Tides works with children and adults in their homes and implements comprehensive behavior support plans. Changing Tides is committed to positive behavioral support and developing unique, person-centered plans.
Residential Facilities
Changing Tides provides behavioral support to adults and children living in residential facilities. We provide support to comply with all Title 17 requirements, including quarterly and annual meetings, reports, and data tracking.
TRANSITIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES
Changing Tides specializes in supporting people with developmental disabilities with transitioning from living and work environments. We have experience supporting people transitioning from developmental centers to the community, within residential facilities, and from family homes. The transition process is a team-centered approach, and Changing Tides knows the importance of working collaboratively for a successful transition.
Psychotherapy
Changing Tides offers individual, couples, and family therapy by licensed therapists and interns. Katie Taylor Gerran is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who provides solution-focused therapy (in-home or office-based) to best support clients with reaching their goals. Katie is a compassionate and skilled therapist with over ten years experience supporting clients in all areas of their lives.
Trainings
At Changing Tides, we are skilled facilitators and provide in-service trainings on a variety of topics, including crisis prevention and intervention, supporting emotionally-reactive clients, all aspects of autism and mental health diagnoses, and individual clients’ behavior intervention plans.
Katie Taylor Gerran is the founder of Changing Tides Behavioral Support and Family Therapy, Professional Corporation. She is a licensed Marriage Family Therapist with expertise supporting families and providing behavioral support services to adults and children with developmental disabilities. She prides herself on providing quality, hands-on behavioral support to people with developmental disabilities in their homes, vocational, and school settings. She is a mother of two young children, and especially enjoys working with families. In addition to providing behavioral support, Katie is a skilled facilitator and educator. She has experience teaching public education and facilitating a variety of trainings and workshops for clients, support professionals, and families.
Katie has been providing behavioral support services for over fifteen years. She received her undergraduate degree from Colby College and masters of science in counseling from San Diego State University. She completed master's level coursework in applied behavior analysis at University of Massachusetes Lowell.
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