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Learning Centers

Our Centers represent the heart of our organization. They are where we first meet our families and your beautiful children, where our staff collaborate and learn, where our administrative team ensures the wheels never stop turning for your kids, and most critically, where your children’s treatment plan is developed, reviewed, and often implemented.

Given that we support our children in any and all environments optimal for their learning, our Centers were built accordingly. With kid endorsed art and décor, spectacular murals, fully stocked toy libraries, group-learning “classrooms,” and focused learning pods for 1:1 instruction, our children have endless opportunities to learn and thrive.

We look forward to welcoming you to your local FirstSteps Center where you will discover your new supportive ABA community!

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I love going to my FirstSteps 'cause I can see my friends and do lots and lots of fun things

-Jackson, age 5

Learning Center Locations

North Los Angeles | Calabasas

Calabasas Director Taira Bermudez and child with their tongues out
“My team and I want our families to feel that we have supported their child and family as a whole. My hope is that our team can support our clients, providing them with the tools they need to have a life with choices and opportunities to do what makes them happy!”

Taira Bermudez M.S., BCBA

Regional Clinic Director

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North Los Angeles | Calabasas

5741 Las Virgenes Rd STE A, Calabasas, CA 91302

(848) 712-8250

Sparkling in its new location with so much space in and outside for our little ones, Ms. Taira Lanagan-Bermudez, MS., BCBA oversees this Center as the Regional Clinic Director. Ms. Lanagan-Bermudez is a champion for values-driven clinical work, and it shows in all aspects of her Center.

Lauren Amodei

Lauren Amodei

M.S., BCBA

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Laurie Deurmier

M.S., BCBA

Briane Seligman

Briane Seligman

M.A., BCBA

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Erin Silverman

M.S., BCBA

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Cheyenne Tipton

M.A., BCBA

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Erika Vidanez

M.A., BCBA

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Merrin Yeager

M.A, BCBA