Meet the author, Nicole Juarez.  Nicole is the owner of S.T.A.R.: Social Training and Resources in Northern California.  Beginning at age of thirteen, she realized her passion was to help special needs children learn, and help their families learn and thrive.  She turned that passion into a career as a Trained Senior Behavioral Therapist where she realized the important role that Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) had in modifying behaviors and teaching self-help skills. She also provided Private Parent Consultation where she tutored children in a one-on-one setting.