“Break it Down” Total Sports is an organization created to provide positive opportunities for children with autism and other special needs to learn and learn to love sports. “Break it Down” Total Sports will individualize teaching and promote independence with the main objective being that children rejoin their community sports programs. In addition to the program taking form in Redondo Beach, California, the hope over time is to expand the locations and serve children in a variety of locations.
Stephanie Dale and Alyne Kassardjian are co-founders and coaches of “Break it Down” Total Sports. Both have extensive experience in the field of Applied Behavior Analysis working with children with autism and other special needs.
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- Masters of Science in Applied Behavior Analysis
- Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA)
- Over 10 years experience working with children and adolescents with autism
- Currently, program coordinator and Behavior consultant for Autism Partnership
- Experience in assisting in non-profit sports programs
- Experience working in camps with special needs children
- Masters of Science in Applied Behavior Analysis
- Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA)
- Over 8 years experience working with children and adolescents with autism
- Currently, program coordinator and Behavior consultant for Autism Partnership
- Experience working in sports camps
- Bachelors of Science in Sports Administration
- Over 12 years of experience playing baseball, basketball, and football
- 2 years of experience coaching and training athletes at a high school level
- 1 year experience in player & game analysis at the professional sports level
- Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology with an emphasis on clinical exercise and sports science
- 6+ years working with children with autism and developmental disorders
- 25+ years playing sports
- 3 years coaching youth soccer
- Bachelor of Science in Communication Disorders (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
- 1 year working with children and adolescents with Autism
- 20+ years of playing sports (softball, soccer, volleyball)
- Earned a Division 1 softball scholarship
- 10+ years coaching softball camps for all ages
- Currently attending college
- Experience working in camps with special needs children
- Experience aiding in a special needs classroom
- Played over 10 years of sports including volleyball, soccer, softball, and basketball
- Currently attending college-senior standing (B.A. In psychology)
- Over 5 years working with children
- Two years of working with children with special needs
- Currently working as a Behavioral Specialist
OUR MISSION:
“Break it Down” Total Sports’ mission is to teach children with autism and other special needs sports skill and knowledge while creating a positive environment and developing children’s motivation to participate. “Break it Down” Total Sports is committed to utilizing ABA-based teaching strategies to break down these skills and promote independence in these young athletes.
OUR VISION:It is “Break it Down” Total Sports’ vision to teach children with autism and other special needs how to successfully participate in sports utilizing systematic teaching, building children’s motivation, decreasing interfering behaviors, and increasing independence. “Break it Down” Total Sports envisions placing children in groupings based on skill and independence level, including an advanced group that are nearly ready to join their own community sports leagues for the future. “Break it Down” Total Sports also envisions expanding the number of sites throughout Los Angeles County.