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Andrew Bailey, MA, MFT
Executive Director and Director of Educational Services
Andrew Bailey is an experienced clinician and highly skilled educational consultant who has devoted the past twenty-five years of his life to working with children. After completing his undergraduate studies, Mr. Bailey began his career in special education in 1985 at a private special education school in Berkeley, California. While progressing from a paraprofessional instructor to special education teacher during his graduate studies, Mr. Bailey gained a solid understanding of Neurodevelopmental impairments, particularly in the area of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Several years before the "autism explosion" became a widely accepted phenomenon, Mr. Bailey was designing and implementing innovative educational and behavioral programs for children with autism.
After completing his graduate studies in 1991, Mr. Bailey turned his attention to achieving licensure as a marriage and family therapist and expanding his skills in the area of psychotherapy, clinical consultation, and professional training. Mr. Bailey has performed many hundreds of hours of therapy and other direct clinical services with children and adults with diverse abilities and backgrounds. Additionally, Mr. Bailey has created and implemented several training series for parents and professionals that have been very well received at venues statewide. After licensure as a Marriage and Family Therapist in 1994, Mr. Bailey relocated to the Sonoma County area and began working fulltime as a behavior analyst and educational consultant with a local nonprofit. During the next five years Mr. Bailey developed collaborative relationships with other professionals and expanded his expertise in the area of treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorders. It was also during this time that Mr. Bailey, reflecting fondly on his experiences as a private school employee, began to dream of opening his own private school for children with autism. In the spring of 2000, Mr. Bailey along with William Henkel and Mary Beth Ludwig opened Anova, with very few resources beyond a mutual love of children, a desire a learn and grow personally, and fierce passion for excellence.
Andrew Bailey MA, MFT has been licensed as a Marriage and Family Therapist since 1994 and has been practicing as an educational and behavioral consultant for several years. Mr. Bailey earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from the University of Cincinnati in 1985 and his Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology from John F. Kennedy University in 1991. Mr. Bailey is one of the founding directors of Anova and is currently the Director of Educational Services and the Principal of the ACE School. Mr. Bailey originally designed the concept of "Multidisciplinary Treatment of Neurodevelopmental Impairments in a Private Educational Setting" that has been pioneered at the Anova Center for Education over the past eight years. Mr. Bailey conceived the ACE School as a unique environment that would provide high quality academic instruction to emotionally challenged children, using best practices from Positive Behavior Intervention, Sensory Integration, Cognitive Therapy, Speech/Language Therapy, and Theory of Mind.
Andrew Bailey is an experienced clinician and highly skilled educational consultant who has devoted the past twenty-five years of his life to working with children. After completing his undergraduate studies, Mr. Bailey began his career in special education in 1985 at a private special education school in Berkeley, California. While progressing from a paraprofessional instructor to special education teacher during his graduate studies, Mr. Bailey gained a solid understanding of Neurodevelopmental impairments, particularly in the area of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Several years before the "autism explosion" became a widely accepted phenomenon, Mr. Bailey was designing and implementing innovative educational and behavioral programs for children with autism.
After completing his graduate studies in 1991, Mr. Bailey turned his attention to achieving licensure as a marriage and family therapist and expanding his skills in the area of psychotherapy, clinical consultation, and professional training. Mr. Bailey has performed many hundreds of hours of therapy and other direct clinical services with children and adults with diverse abilities and backgrounds. Additionally, Mr. Bailey has created and implemented several training series for parents and professionals that have been very well received at venues statewide. After licensure as a Marriage and Family Therapist in 1994, Mr. Bailey relocated to the Sonoma County area and began working fulltime as a behavior analyst and educational consultant with a local nonprofit. During the next five years Mr. Bailey developed collaborative relationships with other professionals and expanded his expertise in the area of treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorders. It was also during this time that Mr. Bailey, reflecting fondly on his experiences as a private school employee, began to dream of opening his own private school for children with autism. In the spring of 2000, Mr. Bailey along with William Henkel and Mary Beth Ludwig opened Anova, with very few resources beyond a mutual love of children, a desire a learn and grow personally, and fierce passion for excellence.
Andrew Bailey MA, MFT has been licensed as a Marriage and Family Therapist since 1994 and has been practicing as an educational and behavioral consultant for several years. Mr. Bailey earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from the University of Cincinnati in 1985 and his Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology from John F. Kennedy University in 1991. Mr. Bailey is one of the founding directors of Anova and is currently the Director of Educational Services and the Principal of the ACE School. Mr. Bailey originally designed the concept of "Multidisciplinary Treatment of Neurodevelopmental Impairments in a Private Educational Setting" that has been pioneered at the Anova Center for Education over the past eight years. Mr. Bailey conceived the ACE School as a unique environment that would provide high quality academic instruction to emotionally challenged children, using best practices from Positive Behavior Intervention, Sensory Integration, Cognitive Therapy, Speech/Language Therapy, and Theory of Mind.