BCBA LED PRACTICE • NORTH PALM BEACH, FL
Real Support for ADHD, Autism, Executive Functioning, and Big Emotions at Home
Practical, values-driven support to help your child build real skills, manage big emotions, and follow through — so home feels calmer and more predictable.
Support for families of children and teens with ADHD, autism, executive functioning challenges, anxiety, and other neurodivergent needs.
If your child struggles with listening, transitions, or big emotions, you're in the right place
Constant power struggles
Difficulty with transitions
Big emotional reactions
Challenges follow-through
Rigid or inflexible thinking
You don't need more advice. You need a plan that works in your real life.
Services For Families
Assessments
Understand the why behind behaviors and gain a clear, research-backed plan to create meaningful change
Parent Coaching
A collaborative process that provides mindful yet practical strategies to navigate challenges and support your child's growth with confidence.
1:1 Skill Building
Personalized support to help your child and/or adult child develop essential life, communication, and coping skills in a way that works for them.
THE APPROACH
About Behavior Shapes
If you've landed here after months of evaluations, waitlists, and advice that didn't quite fit — you're not alone, and you're not out of options.
Most behavior support looks the same: a program, a protocol, a set of strategies handed down from a manual. What I do is different, and I want to be honest about how.
My work is grounded in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) — which means I use behavior science to understand what's actually driving what you're seeing at home, at school, and everywhere in between. But the version of ABA I practice isn't about compliance or getting your child to perform. It's about building skills that make real life easier, in a way that fits who your child actually is.
The other half of how I work comes from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy — a values-based approach that builds psychological flexibility. In plain language, that means I'm helping your child learn to navigate hard moments without shutting down, melting down, or giving up — and helping you as a parent respond in ways that feel grounded in what you actually value, not just what's easier in the moment.
Executive functioning is woven into everything I do. Planning, starting tasks, managing time, following through — these are the skills that make the difference between a child who can learn something in a session and a child who can actually use it in real life. I don't treat executive functioning as a separate specialty. It's built into every plan, every session, every strategy I give a family.
And then there's the ceramics. I know it sounds unexpected, and that's part of the point. Working with clay asks a child to plan, sequence, tolerate frustration, and stay flexible — all the same skills we're working on — without it feeling like therapy. For kids who've already spent a lot of time in rooms that feel clinical and corrective, that matters more than I can say.
Every family I work with gets a plan built from scratch. Not a program pulled off a shelf, not a protocol designed for a different child. I ask a lot of questions, I look at the whole picture, and I build something that has a real chance of working in your actual life.
That's what the Behavior Shapes Approach means. And if it sounds like what you've been looking for — I'd love to talk.
ABOUT SARA
I'm Sara Bookspan, a Board Certified Behavior Analyst with almost 20 years of experience helping families navigate ADHD, autism, and emotional regulation — blending behavior science, psychological flexibility, and hands-on creative work into a plan that actually works for your child.
Let's work together