Meet Our Staff

Rachel holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Psychology, which she received from Kent State University and the University of the Rockies in Colorado Springs, respectively.

Michelle DePolo, Psy.D., BCBA-D is a clinical child/pediatric psychologist with KidsLink Neurobehavioral Center. In addition to being a Board Certified Behavior Analyst, Dr. DePolo obtained certification in cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT).

Clinical Director/Behavioral Consultant: Coordinates behavioral management team in the school. Oversees ethical and system related issues.

Curriculum Director/Behavioral Consultant: Coordinates curriculum use and development for individualized student programming. Oversees behavioral progress within the school program.

Program Development Director/Behavioral Consultant: Coordinates program wide needs for support/training/coaching among staff and curriculum/educational tools needed. Oversees behavioral progress within the school program.

Shannon Lepri is a board-certified assistant behavior analyst and has been a member of the KidsLink family since 2013. She graduated from Bowling Green State University with a Master’s of Education and Secondary Transition Certificate.

Elise Kernen is the Training Coordinator here at KidsLink. She completed her bachelors at Ohio University with a degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders and a minor in Psychology.

Ashley Andersen is a licensed Intervention Specialist. She is currently working on obtaining her P.hD in Educational Leadership. Ashley oversees the intermediate and secondary classrooms at KidsLink.

Megan Szczepinski is an intervention specialist who completed her undergraduate degree at University of Mount Union. She is in the process of completing her master degree of Education in Foundations in Behavior Analysis.

The KidsLink School staff include behavioral therapists that receive extensive training and ongoing supervision of professionals who have had advanced training and experience in behavioral principles and methods. All of our programs are overseen by a board certified behavior analyst.

Master’s or Doctoral-level board certified behavior analysts work with students regularly to ensure that programming is of the highest-quality. Overseeing student programming is our program coordinator that assures progress, training of therapists and ongoing support to the staff. Each student has a primary therapist and secondary therapist to ensure generalization of skills.

The KidsLink School Behavioral Consultants oversee behavioral progress within the school program. They are responsible for conducting all necessary behavioral assessments and reporting, including formal school behavior support plans.

Behavioral Consultant: Oversees behavioral progress within the school program. Responsible for conducting all necessary behavioral assessments and reporting, including formal school behavior support plans.

Behavioral Consultant: Oversees behavioral progress within the school program. Responsible for conducting all necessary behavioral assessments and reporting, including formal school behavior support plans.

Behavioral Consultant: Oversees behavioral progress within the school program. Responsible for conducting all necessary behavioral assessments and reporting, including formal school behavior support plans.

Brittni is an educational coordinator for one of the intermediate teams. She completed her Bachelor’s degree at Kent State University with a degree in Psychology.

Emily Betz is an Educational Coordinator with a Masters in Moderate to Intensive Special Education with a certificate in Applied Behavior Analysis from Kent State University.

Kaitlin Hazlett is an Intervention Specialist with a Masters in Education from Kent State University. She has degrees in Art, psychology and special education and has worked in both public and private school settings.

Karly Pallante is an Educational Coordinator for the Primary A team. She completed her Bachelor's degree in Special Education at Youngstown State University.

Kristen Cellars is an Educational Coordinator for the High School team. She completed her bachelor’s degree at Edinboro University with a degree in Criminal Justice and minors in psychology and sociology.

Melissa Gorup is an Educational Coordinator on the secondary team. She completed her Bachelor's degree in Psychology at John Carroll University.

Molly Fields is an Educational Coordinator for one of our Primary classrooms. She completed her Bachelor’s degree in Sociology & Criminology at John Carroll University.

Morgan Voytek is an Educational Coordinator in KidsLink’s Lower School. She went to Kent State University for her undergraduate degree and graduated in 2014 as an Intervention Specialist with a moderate/intensive specialization.