Florida State University Early Childhood Autism Program (FSU-ECAP)
Additionally, we have administrative and supervisory teams that oversee all clinical programming and therapist supervision/training.
ECAP staff include Registered Behavior Technicians (RBTs), Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analysts (BCaBAs), and Master's and Doctorate level Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBA and BCBA-D). We are an approved training and practicum site for the FSU ABA Masters Program housed at FSU Panama City and employ graduate student therapists who are enrolled in the FSU ABA program. Currently, as of March 2024, our administrative team includes:
Amy Polick, PhD, BCBA-D: Development Director
Nikki Dickens, EdD, BCBA: Director
Kolton Sellers, M.S., BCBA: Assistant Director
Dakota Januchowski, M.S., BCBA: Clinical Coordinator
Amanda Pavlus: Administrative Specialist
Our staff serve approximately 40 families in the Panama City area and we are proud to have supportive community partners to help us in our efforts to provide evidence-based ABA services to children in need and we are actively seeking additional partners to expand our program. As the only nonprofit ABA provider in the area, we also proudly offer financial assistance for families through our Scholarship program.
10/31/2025
Happy Halloween!!! We hope you have a spooky and safe night trick-or-treating. Our staff had a blast at our Annual Halloween parade.
**Disclaimer **Any and all client depictions were featured with written parental consent**
10/27/2025
We want to say thank you again to Emerald Coast CrossFit for hosting us for our workout fundraiser. Congratulations to our Rogue Barbell winner, as well as our additional prize winners!
Thank you Foster Fitness and Nutrition and Frog Grips for helping us out with some awesome prizes, as well as DrinkLMNT and REP Fitness for providing some delicious electrolytes and protein bars.
10/25/2025
Thank you so much Emerald Coast CrossFit for making our fundraiser today perfect! We met our goal, not only raising money for our scholarship, but raising awareness for ASD. We can’t wait to see you again next year for another workout!
10/24/2025
Just a reminder about this event tomorrow! Tell everyone you can. It's a free event and we have a bunch of prizes.
We're excited to announce our 2nd Annual WOD A LIFE workout to raise money for our scholarship that provides free services to children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. We've partnered up with Emerald Coast CrossFit on October 25, 2025, at 8:30 AM! It will be FREE to enter, but donations will be accepted at the event. There will be plenty of things to win including items from our event partners: Rogue Fitness, REP Fitness, Frog Grips, Foster Fitness and Nutrition and DrinkLMNT. We can't wait to see everyone there!
10/21/2025
We're excited to announce our 2nd Annual WOD A LIFE workout to raise money for our scholarship that provides free services to children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. We've partnered up with Emerald Coast CrossFit on October 25, 2025, at 8:30 AM! It will be FREE to enter, but donations will be accepted at the event. There will be plenty of things to win including items from our event partners: Rogue Fitness, REP Fitness, Frog Grips, Foster Fitness and Nutrition and DrinkLMNT. We can't wait to see everyone there!
10/03/2025
We're excited to announce our 2nd Annual WOD A LIFE workout to raise money for our scholarship that provides free services to children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. We've partnered up with Emerald Coast CrossFit on October 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM! It will be FREE to enter, donations will be accepted at the event. There will be plenty of things to win including items from our event partners: Rogue Fitness, Rep Fitness, Frog Grips, Foster Fitness and Nutrition, and LMNT. We can't wait to see everyone there!
10/02/2025
Thank you PCB Nutrition and Energy for waking our staff up on this Thursday morning! They were delicious!
09/23/2025
UPDATE 09/24/2025 8:00 AM - The phone lines are back up. If we missed your call, please call us back or send us an email so that we can connect. We apologize for the inconvenience.
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Unfortunately, our campus phones are still not working today, but you can contact us for a quick response by emailing fsuecap@fsu.edu. We are very sorry for any inconvenience.
Our phones are out. If you've been trying to contact us, we apologize for the lack of response. For a quick response, please reach out via email to fsuecap@fsu.edu
09/22/2025
Our phones are out. If you've been trying to contact us, we apologize for the lack of response. For a quick response, please reach out via email to fsuecap@fsu.edu
09/20/2025
09/20/2025
ECAP grad students, faculty, and staff had another great day at the FABA - Florida Association for Behavior Analysis conference. We are so proud of our presenters!
09/19/2025
Our FSU ECAP team is having a great time presenting and engaging with others at the FABA - Florida Association for Behavior Analysis annual conference! Our group presented in two symposia, we had numerous posters in the Thursday evening Poster session, and we hosted the FSU reunion. We are so proud of our graduate students, faculty, and staff!
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Our staff consists of bachelor's, master's, and doctorate level behavior analysis practitioners. Specifically, ECAP staff include Registered Behavior Technicians (RBTs), Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analysts (BCaBAs), and Master's and Doctorate level Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBA and BCBA-D).
We are an approved training and practicum site for the FSU ABA Master's Program housed at FSU Panama City and employ graduate student therapists who are enrolled in the FSU ABA program. Additionally, we have administrative and supervisory teams that oversee all clinical programming and therapist supervision/training.
Our current (as of December 2019) Administrative Team:
Heather Saas: Administrative Coordinator
Kolton Sellers, MS, BCBA: Training Coordinator
Nikki Dickens, MS, BCBA: Director
Amy Polick, PhD, BCBA-D: Development Director
Our current (as of December 2019) Master's level team of Clinical Supervisors and Practitioners:
Dakota Januchowski, MS, BCBA
Jessica Vose, MS, BCBA
Melissa Garred, MS, BCBA
Leah Silver, MS, BCBA
Our current (as of December 2019) Bachelor's level team of behavior therapists/case managers:
Amanda Cockrell, BS, RBT
Andrea Gagnon, BS, RBT
Angelica Cullen, BS, RBT
Bruce Barger, BS, RBT
Corrie Wilkins, BS, RBT
Frances Pauken, BS, RBT
Lindsey Ives, BS, RBT
Sadie Wallace, BS, RBT
Alyssa Fournier, BS, RBT
Nicole Griffis, BS, RBT
Tim Bulger, BS, RBT
Our staff serve around 25 families in the Panama City area and we are proud to have supportive community partners to help us in our efforts to provide evidence-based ABA services to children in need and we are actively seeking additional partners to expand our program.
As the only nonprofit ABA provider in the area, we also proudly offer financial assistance for families through our Butchikas Scholarship program funded by the George A. Butchikas Foundation for Autism.