Welcome to Learning Beyond the Spectrum!
Learning Beyond the Spectrum provides parent training, assessments, behavior plans, 1:1 ABA services for children with developmental disabilities, typically developing children, and their families.
Our program aims to offer support to the whole family with access to ABA and traditional therapy services. We offer Marriage and Family Therapy in addition to traditional ABA services.
New to ABA? Recently receive a diagnosis? Looking for some help and support? Let us help you navigate your options and make the best decision for you and your family, in the comfort of your own home.
Stephanie Ross, MA, BCBA, LBA
Stephanie Ross is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) who received her BA in Psychology from the University of San Francisco. She then studied clinical psychology at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology where she received her M.A. in Applied Behavior Analysis.
Stephanie worked as an ABA therapist in Southern California while completing her education and became a Clinical Managing Supervisor of a small, private ABA company. After moving to New York City, Stephanie worked for a medicaid service agency to help build a model program for the state of New York, providing in-home and community services for children and adults with developmental disabilities.
After her youngest child was diagnosed with autism, Stephanie went back to school to pursue her PhD in Applied Behavior Analysis where she studied burnout in the autism caretaker and direct care staff. She is expected to graduate in Spring 2023.
Stephanie and her family have settled in Santa Barbara where she now brings her expertise in behavior intervention and family services to Santa Barbara County. Stephanie focuses on a collaborative environment where everyone is understood, trained, and has their needs met using evidence-based practices to promote lasting change.
Fathiah Bauman, MA, LMFT
Fathiah Bauman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) who received her BA in English Literature from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She then studied clinical psychology at Antioch University where she received her M.A. in Clinical Psychology.
Fathiah worked as a group and individual therapist in a small nonprofit Substance Abuse Treatment Facility in Santa Barbara while completing her education. After graduation she became the Clinical Manager of the treatment facility before leaving to pursue a career with Child Welfare Services (CWS). The work with Child Welfare Services was demanding, and exhausting but rewarding. Fathiah then left CWS to work in the Santa Barbara Elementary School System as a school-based therapist. She now currently works with Santa Barbara Counties youth providing services and resources, assessing for suicide and involuntary hospitalizations, as well as supporting the community with a small private therapeutic practice.
Fathiah works as client centered therapist focusing on goals and treatment plans created by the client. She supports a collaborative effort and works with the client’s family and other professionals if appropriate, utilizing CBT therapy, family systems and solution focused theories when appropriate.
