As the only not-for-profit organization in the Pacific Northwest dedicated to providing evidence-based services, NBA prides itself on the individual attention each child and family receives from highly qualified staff.Northwest Behavioral Associates (NBA) was founded to 1) provide quality educational and behavioral support for children with autism and related disorders and their families, 2) create a pool of well-trained home tutors and school personnel that serve children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), 3) increase community awareness about ASD and applied behavior analysis (ABA). In September of 1999, five young women with a passion for children and a commitment to the science of ABA poured themselves into creating a not-for-profit organization that could provide state of the art individualized intervention for children with ASD. NBAs original staff members were Allison Lowy Apple, Wendy Knowles, Erin Rosenthal, Stacey Shook, and Heather Wilson. Within a year of opening ou