The Clinical Center of Excellence
Caravel’s Clinical Center of Excellence (CCOE) is an advisory body comprising our most experienced clinicians that collaborates with teammates across the organization to guide our practices toward excellence.
Developing the Highest Standards
The Clinical Center of Excellence focuses on developing leadership standards, practices, and ethics that guide everything we do, ensuring Caravel delivers compassionate, top-quality, and ethical care for our clients, as well as expansive support systems for our staff.
Our Vision
To engage teammates through growth, development, and training to advance the quality of care for our clients and our field.
We have the methods.
We have the means.
We have the responsibility.
Meet the CCOE Leadership Team
With more than 100 years of cumulative clinical experience, the CCOE leadership team ensures Caravel provides exceptional care and support to children with autism and their families.
As director of quality assurance and outcomes, Dr. Lisa ensures the delivery of high-quality services and strong clinical outcomes. She oversees quality assurance and improvement programs, leads the execution of projects and initiatives aimed at enhancing clinical practices, directs outcomes data strategy, and supports clinical leaders in the field.
Having worked in the field of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) since 2003, Dr. Lisa has extensive experience working with a wide range of individuals in a variety of settings. Throughout her career, she has conducted one-on-one treatment, developed and implemented comprehensive therapy plans, provided staff supervision and family and caregiver training, collaborated across disciplines, and developed behavior intervention plans for problem behavior. Dr. Lisa is a BCBA and earned her doctoral degree from the Chicago School. She has worked in a variety of different capacities, most recently as clinic director overseeing all clinical and operational activities. Her research interests include staff and caregiver training, verbal behavior, skill acquisition, and client outcomes.
In addition to her role at Caravel, Lisa is an adjunct instructor at the Chicago School and Ball State University, where she teaches graduate level courses in ABA and special education. Lisa also currently serves as the conference chair for the Wisconsin Association for Behavior Analysis (WisABA).
A cofounder of Caravel, Chris has been working in the field of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) in the United States, Canada, and Europe since 1994. He has held various roles throughout his career—from behavior therapist to clinic director to overseeing operations and diagnostics—and was among the first to bring ABA to Fox Valley, Wisconsin. Chris is passionate about providing high-quality autism treatment to those in need. He equally loves working with children and their families, helping them learn new skills, and aiding employees to develop and grow within their positions.
Chris earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology and sociology from St. Norbert College, his master of science in counseling from Capella University, and his BCBA certification from Florida Institute of Technology.
As vice president of clinical excellence, Dr. Jodi sustains Caravel’s vision for compassionate, high-quality care. Responsible for the development, implementation, and excellence of clinical programs, she plans and directs improvement practices through education, mentoring, behavioral systems analysis, and ongoing evaluation of clinical operation outcomes. Dr. Jodi has more than 18 years of experience in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)—providing care, directing clinical and operational programs, consulting, providing training and development opportunities, and conducting research. She is a BCBA and earned her doctoral degree in rehabilitation from Southern Illinois University
Continually Improving the Quality of Care
At Caravel, the quality of our care is defined by the standards we set. We’ve established a framework that ensures we are always gathering data that informs and continually elevates our standards and provides our clinicians support for improving care.
Clinical Standards
Our Clinical Center of Excellence designs best practices and sets performance measurements that lead our clinical teams to provide top-quality care.
Training & Development
Our teams are trained to provide therapy that adheres to those quality standards and promotes the best outcomes for our clients.
Team Engagement
We share the latest learnings with clinical teams across the company in order to set the stage to continually advance our best practices and quality performance measurements.
Progress & Outcomes
We use the advanced technology of our PathTap™ outcomes platform to analyze client progress, continually elevate our standards, and ensure optimized care at all levels.
Evidence-Driven Outcomes with PathTap™
Our proprietary PathTap™ outcomes platform drives our data-driven approach to autism therapy, ensuring measurable progress and providing healthcare professionals and families with confidence in the effectiveness of our comprehensive services.
Mentorship
With our attention on growth and development, team members are encouraged to both serve as and seek mentors within the Caravel team. As subject matter experts, clinical leaders are focused on building connections and supporting the development of their teammates across the organization.
Ethical Decision-Making
Ethical decision-making is critical to Caravel culture, allowing us to provide the high-quality, compassionate care we’re known for. This is why the CCOE offers tools and guidance for ethical decision-making and encourages our clinicians to seek advice and discussion when questions arise.
800-493-8253In Their Own Words
We have been going for almost one year, and I couldn’t say enough great things about Caravel. They have made a world of difference for my 6-year-old son.
One of the best decisions I made was enrolling my son in ABA therapy at Caravel. The clinic director and therapists took the time to understand my son’s unique needs and goals, and tailored each session accordingly. My son reached milestones with them. I highly recommend their services to any family seeking ABA therapy for their child.
As a parent navigating the challenges of raising a child with autism, finding the right support and care is paramount, and Caravel Autism Center truly exceeded all expectations. The progress my daughter made was nothing short of remarkable, and the support and guidance offered to us as parents were invaluable. I wholeheartedly recommend Caravel Autism Center. They are not just a center; they are a lifeline for families navigating the complexities of autism.
My family and I had the wonderful opportunity to work with the great staff at Caravel for the last 2 years! In that time, they have showed great care and compassion to not 1 but both my children. Also maintained great communication throughout their treatment/sessions and made it easy for us to be very involved. This was my children’s 2nd home and we will miss the wonderful staff!
We love and miss Caravel deeply. They greatly helped my son with various behaviors, and I appreciated the weekly home visits that allowed us to reinforce his center learning at home. They even assisted him with potty training, which I thought was a near-impossible feat.
