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William Henkel MA, BCBA
Executive Director, Secretary and Director of Community Services
William Henkel first became acquainted with students with developmental disabilities as a 7th grader working on a Boy Scout community service project. As an undergraduate student in Psychology, William volunteered as a classroom aide for an off-campus preschool serving developmentally disabled children and began to attend classes focused on autism research. After acceptance into the Master’s program, William’s interest in autism continued. He worked in residential homes for children with severe behavior problems and there he received his first intensive on-the-job instruction in the theories and practice of applied behavior analysis. Over the months of constant contact working multiple shifts William developed a great respect for the humanity of these children and a profound curiosity about their view of the world. His affiliation with these children provided inspiration for the completion of his Master’s thesis studying the effects of innovative reinforcement strategies on skill building in autistic children.
Since the completion of his Master’s degree, William’s career has focused on the use of applied behavior analysis to develop creative strategies to reduce problem behaviors and teach adaptive skills. After several years in the field, William petitioned to become one of the first Board Certified Behavior Analysts in the state of California. He has worked as a behavior analyst and program administrator for respected agencies throughout Northern California, serving individuals with autism and other neuro-developmental impairments in their family homes, adult programs, and public and non-public schools. His work for the last 12 years as a behavior consultant has provided him with opportunities to develop behavior interventions to address severe behavior problems and improve classroom performance, to help families with children on the autism spectrum receive intensive early intervention and parent training, to provide full-inclusion services to public school students with a variety of disabilities and unique needs, and to develop innovative social skills & social cognition training services and systems. William is an experienced presenter, having provided hundreds of hours of in-service presentations and workshops on behavior management techniques, including three presentations for the California Association for Behavior Analysis. William continues to be an advocate for innovative research and is currently completing his dissertation for his Ph.D in Developmental Psychology.
William currently serves as Executive Director, and the Director of Behavior Analysis Services. In addition, he is the Behavior Analyst consulting with classrooms at the Anova Center for Education, Anova’s non-public school in Sonoma County. He is committed to assuring that the services provided in each of Anova’s programs are of the highest caliber.
William Henkel first became acquainted with students with developmental disabilities as a 7th grader working on a Boy Scout community service project. As an undergraduate student in Psychology, William volunteered as a classroom aide for an off-campus preschool serving developmentally disabled children and began to attend classes focused on autism research. After acceptance into the Master’s program, William’s interest in autism continued. He worked in residential homes for children with severe behavior problems and there he received his first intensive on-the-job instruction in the theories and practice of applied behavior analysis. Over the months of constant contact working multiple shifts William developed a great respect for the humanity of these children and a profound curiosity about their view of the world. His affiliation with these children provided inspiration for the completion of his Master’s thesis studying the effects of innovative reinforcement strategies on skill building in autistic children.
Since the completion of his Master’s degree, William’s career has focused on the use of applied behavior analysis to develop creative strategies to reduce problem behaviors and teach adaptive skills. After several years in the field, William petitioned to become one of the first Board Certified Behavior Analysts in the state of California. He has worked as a behavior analyst and program administrator for respected agencies throughout Northern California, serving individuals with autism and other neuro-developmental impairments in their family homes, adult programs, and public and non-public schools. His work for the last 12 years as a behavior consultant has provided him with opportunities to develop behavior interventions to address severe behavior problems and improve classroom performance, to help families with children on the autism spectrum receive intensive early intervention and parent training, to provide full-inclusion services to public school students with a variety of disabilities and unique needs, and to develop innovative social skills & social cognition training services and systems. William is an experienced presenter, having provided hundreds of hours of in-service presentations and workshops on behavior management techniques, including three presentations for the California Association for Behavior Analysis. William continues to be an advocate for innovative research and is currently completing his dissertation for his Ph.D in Developmental Psychology.
William currently serves as Executive Director, and the Director of Behavior Analysis Services. In addition, he is the Behavior Analyst consulting with classrooms at the Anova Center for Education, Anova’s non-public school in Sonoma County. He is committed to assuring that the services provided in each of Anova’s programs are of the highest caliber.