Spoiler alert: We never looked back.
In 2016, we took a chance and threw out the rule book on standard ABA application and started providing ABA services to athletic trainers, fitness instructors, health coaches, and their clients.
Whether you're an athlete, athletic trainer, health coach, fitness instructor, teacher, student, Registered Behavior Technician (RBT), Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst (BCaBA), or Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA), no matter your level of experience... we have you covered.
Through individualized training and mentoring with ABA Sports Innovations (ABASI), you will find the perfect offering or program(s) to help you achieve your goals.
we answer to a lot of names...
game-changers
ground-breakers
industry leaders
Dr. Mallory Quinn holds a doctorate in Applied Behavior Analysis from the University of South Florida and has held a Board Certification in Behavior Analysis since 2011 when she was just 21 years old. Dr. Quinn worked as an instructor and developer at the University of South Florida for multiple ABA courses for the undergraduate and inaugural online graduate programs for 6 years.
During her time in the graduate program, she led and first-author published multiple research studies under advisement of her incredible mentors Drs. Raymond Miltenberger and Kwang- Sun Blair. These studies investigated the use of ABA techniques in behavioral coaching with dancers to increase training using ABA motivational strategies and specific feedback, and decrease common historical trainings using coercion.
As a former competitive dancer and musical theater performer herself, Dr. Quinn is passionate about training using the most effective modalities available to avoid sports related injuries, eating disorders, anxiety diagnosis, and other detrimental results of coercive training.
Dr. Quinn’s research has been published in multiple prestigious journals including the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis (JABA), Behavior Analysis and Practice and Behavioral Interventions and she has presented as a speaker at multiple ABA conferences in Florida and across the country. She has more than 10 publications in scientific peer reviewed journals related to ABA and dance training.
Dr. Quinn has experience working in introductory levels of the field as a behavioral technician for 3 years prior to obtaining board certification. She has over a decade of field experience as an RBT, BCaBA, & BCBA (behavior analyst since 2011 and has worked in the field since she was just 18 years old). Her clinical work prior to switching to full time work in health, sports and fitness involved parent training work in foster care, and in home and school-based services for children and adults with developmental disabilities with a wide range of problem behaviors.
In Dr. Quinn’s daily professional life she enjoys teaching private lessons to highly motivated dancers, supervising her RBTS and staff, working with ABA students, conducting therapy for her clients with special needs and teen dancers with anxiety, and choreographing local musical productions as a semi-retired musical theater performer and dancer.
Dr. Quinn especially loves business coaching as she knows about overcoming adversity as a student and working professional.
Dr. Quinn struggled staying focused through graduate school as a student diagnosed with ADHD and Generalized Anxiety Disorder. She continues to use her creativity to produce successful outcomes. As a business owner, Dr. Quinn overcame adversity starting her businesses with little capitol, in an unpaved and uncharted area with little guidance. When her businesses were finally obtaining stability, they were severely hit with the COVID-19 pandemic and experienced significant losses. Despite this, Dr. Quinn continued to pivot services multiple times to remain afloat. She hopes to pass these skills and support to all of the students she supervises. She believes resiliency is one of the most important skills a business owner and student can possess in order to pave the way for their success.
Dr. Quinn has developed multiple successful ABA training programs and protocols during her time as an entrepreneur such as her trademarked POINTE Program ™. She has developed modified Functional Behavior Assessments (FBAs) to create assessments specific to health sports and fitness such as modifying the Motivation Assessment Scale (MAS) and Questions About Behavioral Function (QABF) forms for use with HSF clients. In addition, she is the co-creator of an extensive supervision protocol for students using the BACB task list for health sports and fitness, the creator of a Gross Motor therapeutic program for clients with special needs, and implementer of ACT coaching programs combined with other wellness methods such as yoga and dance instruction.
Dr. Quinn provides specialized training to her supervisees and business coaching clients who have replicated these programs with success for clients of their own such as using ACT with their nutrition and fitness clients. She has recently undergone training and specialization in ACT coaching to work with her teen dancers with anxiety.
In 2016, while she was still a doctorate student, Dr. Quinn created ABA Sports Innovations (ABASI), a company which focuses on using and disseminating ABA techniques within health, sports, and fitness. ABASI was truly the first of its kind in the field, and Dr. Quinn is proud to have paved the way for a growing area of behavior analysts practicing in health, sports, and fitness. In 2018, Dr. Quinn opened ABASI Dance Lab and Kinetic Soul Studio. ABASI Dance Lab is a dance studio providing group classes in all styles of dance as well as specialized private training and therapy using ABA. Kinetic Soul Studio is a fitness studio with group classes in barre, yoga, and bounce.
Dr. Quinn learned everything she knows about business through trial and error, working for small businesses while in school, and through her people skills building supportive networks, with no formal education in business.
At 30 years of age, Dr. Quinn successfully navigated three brick and mortar businesses through the ever-changing COVID-19 pandemic, making many hard decisions that saved her staff and studios through this difficult time, successfully sold one of her locations,
and was a finalist to appear on the NBC show: Shark Tank.
Dr. Quinn holds certifications as a dance teacher in Acrobatic Arts and Progressing Ballet Technique, is a 500 hour advanced certified yoga instructor through Yoga Alliance, a 65 hour certified pre and post natal yoga instructor, certified kids yoga instructor, a certified spin and barre instructor, and a certified personal trainer through the National Academy of Sports Medicine.
Dr. Quinn has provided business coaching to multiple ABA students who have launched their own successful ABA and health sports and fitness businesses, and are among the top performers in the areas of ABA and HSF. She has supervised multiple students looking to learn about ABA for coaching athletes, working with nutrition clients, and within personal training and group fitness. Quinn’s dissertation research was published into a manual called the POINTE Program ™ which she has trained multiple athletic coaches, personal trainers, and behavior analysts practicing across the country.
keep scrolling to learn about mallory
Expert in applied behavior analysis, business coach, beach lover, and hairless cat enthusiast.
Meet Dr. Mallory Quinn,
the woman behind ABASI
Dr. Mallory Quinn holds a doctorate in Applied Behavior Analysis from the University of South Florida and has held a Board Certification in Behavior Analysis since 2011 when she was just 21 years old. Dr. Quinn worked as an instructor and developer at the University of South Florida for multiple ABA courses for the undergraduate and inaugural online graduate programs for 6 years.
EDUCATION
EDUCATION
During her time in the graduate program, she led and first-author published multiple research studies under advisement of her incredible mentors Drs. Raymond Miltenberger and Kwang- Sun Blair. These studies investigated the use of ABA techniques in behavioral coaching with dancers to increase training using ABA motivational strategies and specific feedback, and decrease common historical trainings using coercion.
research
research
As a former competitive dancer and musical theater performer herself, Dr. Quinn is passionate about training using the most effective modalities available to avoid sports related injuries, eating disorders, anxiety diagnosis, and other detrimental results of coercive training.
Dr. Quinn’s research has been published in multiple prestigious journals including the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis (JABA), Behavior Analysis and Practice and Behavioral Interventions and she has presented as a speaker at multiple ABA conferences in Florida and across the country. She has more than 10 publications in scientific peer reviewed journals related to ABA and dance training.
Dr. Quinn has experience working in introductory levels of the field as a behavioral technician for 3 years prior to obtaining board certification. She has over a decade of field experience as an RBT, BCaBA, & BCBA (behavior analyst since 2011 and has worked in the field since she was just 18 years old). Her clinical work prior to switching to full time work in health, sports and fitness involved parent training work in foster care, and in home and school-based services for children and adults with developmental disabilities with a wide range of problem behaviors.
clinical experience
Clinical experience
In Dr. Quinn’s daily professional life she enjoys teaching private lessons to highly motivated dancers, supervising her RBTS and staff, working with ABA students, conducting therapy for her clients with special needs and teen dancers with anxiety, and choreographing local musical productions as a semi-retired musical theater performer and dancer.
some back story
some back story
Dr. Quinn especially loves business coaching as she knows about overcoming adversity as a student and working professional.
Dr. Quinn struggled staying focused through graduate school as a student diagnosed with ADHD and Generalized Anxiety Disorder. She continues to use her creativity to produce successful outcomes. As a business owner, Dr. Quinn overcame adversity starting her businesses with little capitol, in an unpaved and uncharted area with little guidance.
some back story
some back story
Dr. Quinn struggled staying focused through graduate school as a student diagnosed with ADHD and Generalized Anxiety Disorder. She continues to use her creativity to produce successful outcomes. As a business owner, Dr. Quinn overcame adversity starting her businesses with little capitol, in an unpaved and uncharted area with little guidance. When her businesses were finally obtaining stability, they were severely hit with the COVID-19 pandemic and experienced significant losses. Despite this, Dr. Quinn continued to pivot services multiple times to remain afloat. She hopes to pass these skills and support to all of the students she supervises. She believes resiliency is one of the most important skills a business owner and student can possess in order to pave the way for their success.
When her businesses were finally obtaining stability, they were severely hit with the COVID-19 pandemic and experienced significant losses. Despite this, Dr. Quinn continued to pivot services multiple times to remain afloat. She hopes to pass these skills and support to all of the students she supervises. She believes resiliency is one of the most important skills a business owner and student can possess in order to pave the way for their success.
Dr. Quinn has developed multiple successful ABA training programs and protocols during her time as an entrepreneur such as her trademarked POINTE Program ™. She has developed modified Functional Behavior Assessments (FBAs) to create assessments specific to health sports and fitness such as modifying the Motivation Assessment Scale (MAS) and Questions About Behavioral Function (QABF) forms for use with HSF clients. In addition, she is the co-creator of an extensive supervision protocol for students using the BACB task list for health sports and fitness, the creator of a Gross Motor therapeutic program for clients with special needs, and implementer of ACT coaching programs combined with other wellness methods such as yoga and dance instruction.
PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
Dr. Quinn provides specialized training to her supervisees and business coaching clients who have replicated these programs with success for clients of their own such as using ACT with their nutrition and fitness clients. She has recently undergone training and specialization in ACT coaching to work with her teen dancers with anxiety.
In 2016, while she was still a doctorate student, Dr. Quinn created ABA Sports Innovations (ABASI), a company which focuses on using and disseminating ABA techniques within health, sports, and fitness. ABASI was truly the first of its kind in the field, and Dr. Quinn is proud to have paved the way for a growing area of behavior analysts practicing in health, sports, and fitness. In 2018, Dr. Quinn opened ABASI Dance Lab and Kinetic Soul Studio. ABASI Dance Lab is a dance studio providing group classes in all styles of dance as well as specialized private training and therapy using ABA. Kinetic Soul Studio is a fitness studio with group classes in barre, yoga, and bounce.
BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
Dr. Quinn learned everything she knows about business through trial and error, working for small businesses while in school, and through her people skills building supportive networks, with no formal education in business.
At 31 years of age, Dr. Quinn successfully navigated three brick and mortar businesses through the ever-changing COVID-19 pandemic, making many hard decisions that saved her staff and studios through this difficult time, successfully sold one of her locations, and was a finalist to appear on the NBC show: Shark Tank.
Dr. Quinn holds certifications as a dance teacher in Acrobatic Arts and Progressing Ballet Technique, is a 500 hour advanced certified yoga instructor through Yoga Alliance, a 65 hour certified pre and post natal yoga instructor, certified kids yoga instructor, a certified spin and barre instructor, and a certified personal trainer through the National Academy of Sports Medicine.
CERTIFICATION
CERTIFICATION
Dr. Quinn has provided business coaching to multiple ABA students who have launched their own successful ABA and health sports and fitness businesses, and are among the top performers in the areas of ABA and HSF. She has supervised multiple students looking to learn about ABA for coaching athletes, working with nutrition clients, and within personal training and group fitness. Quinn’s dissertation research was published into a manual called the POINTE Program ™ which she has trained multiple athletic coaches, personal trainers, and behavior analysts practicing across the country.
CERTIFICATION
CERTIFICATION
Reach out
today!
Set a consultation call and see how you can pave your dream ABA career with her support.
Dr. Quinn would love to hear your story!
Alex's fitness journey began in 2013, but her relationship with food, weight loss and body image started in elementary. Alex grew up obese and dealt with societal pressures of looking a certain way all the way up until adulthood. As a new mother, she vowed to be strong, healthy, and fit for herself and her son. Looking at fitness and health through an ABA perspective really was a game changer. Alex understood her behaviors will only be maintained if they contacted natural reinforcement, and that her disordered eating could only be fixed if she pinpointed the problem behavior and found an adequate & appropriate replacement behavior. In 2020, Alex decided to start her own business, Objective Outcomes, as a behavior analyst and as a certified personal trainer, combining her two passions, fitness & behavior. Currently, she helps everyday people understand what their barriers are to their health and fitness goals and find solutions rooted in applied behavior analysis.
Alex Centino, M.S., BCBA, PN1 Nutrition Coach, ACE Certified Personal Trainer
Holly is the Learn & Play Director at the York Jewish Community Center. She graduated from Lycoming College, where she played varsity tennis and basketball. She has a Master’s degree in teacher leadership and education. Holly is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst, certified POINTE Program Consultant, and certified tennis instructor. She has been published in several books, journals, and magazines, including Onsite Fitness, Netplay, Wacky Ways to Succeed with ADHD, Strategies, TennisPro, Yorkids, and Community Rec. She has been locally and nationally recognized for her youth fitness and sports programs.
Holly Metzer-Brown, M.Ed., CSA, GC-ABA, BCBA
Shreeya is a PhD student in the Applied Behavior Analysis Program at the University of South Florida where she conducts research in health, sports and fitness to promote physical activity in children and adults with disabilities. Shreeya has a background in Indian classical dance and other styles which inspired her previous research in dance performance to improve the dance performance of ABASI dancers. Since 2018, Shreeya has worked at ABASI as a Board Certified Behavior Analyst and a Certified Personal Trainer through the National Academy of Sports Medicine. She provides ABA therapy in combination with dance or personal training to individuals with special needs. She works with Mallory to disseminate and expand the ABASI method by conducting training seminars on behavioral coaching procedures in the POINTE program.
Shreeya Deshmukh, M.S., BCBA, NASM Certified Personal Trainer (CPT)
MEET THE TEAM
I'll be your biggest cheerleader for you to flourish!
ENTHUSIASM
We will always abide by the
BACB ethics code.
ETHICS
Clear and Consistent:
I won't leave you on read!
COMMUNICATION
But not the boring, stale kind.
PROFESSIONALISM
Your goals are anything but average. You business coach should reflect that. Here is a little of what you can expect from me!
what you can expect
Your goals are anything but average. You business coach should reflect that. Here is a little of what you can expect from me!
PROFESSIONALISM
But not the boring, stale kind.
COMMUNICATION
Clear and Consistent: I won't leave you on read!
ETHICS
We will always abide by the
BACB ethics code.
ENTHUSIASM
I'll be your biggest cheerleader
for you to flourish!
what you can expect
If you are coachable and resilient, we will take you there.
20% of small businesses fail in their first year, 30% of small business fail in their second year, and 50% of small businesses fail after five years in business. Finally, 70% of small business owners fail in their 10th year in business.
with my son with Autism. Her innovative methods to improve gross motor skills through dance and behavior analysis are amazing! She’s patient and engaging and it is one of the only things he truly loves to do.
KATY DECKER
Mallory is working wonders
Working with Dr. Mallory Quinn has been a wonderful experience.
I have grown and learned so much working with her. I would recommend working with Dr Quinn because you see her passion for her work, clients and their goals in everything she does.
JENNIFER ZIMMER, RBT
I found Dr. Quinn when I was desperately looking for BCBA supervision.
If you're looking for someone competent in ABA who specializes in health & fitness, look no further, you have found Dr.Quinn.
JENNIFER SHEPARD, M.ED., BCBA
*Testimonials were solicited at the conclusion of services from former clients.
NEXT
NE
XT
DON'T JUST TAKE OUR WORD FOR IT
PREV
pr
ev
c'mon, let's work together!
Ready to chat?
Go ahead, book your complimentary consult call with us by pushing that button below!
Comprised of dynamic clinicians and researchers and the first of its kind, ABASI focuses on the dissemination and integration of ABA and health, sports, and fitness, and empowers other behavior analysts to do the same.
GET IN TOUCH
SUCCESS STORIES
SERVICES
ABOUT US
home
ABASI ACADEMY