Our Story
- Kelly Tanga, MS, BCBA, LBA
- Elya Wambach, MS, BCBA, LBA
How our wave began
Waves of Behavior was cofounded by Kelly Tanga and Elya Wambach, who met while studying Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) at Florida Institute of Technology and share a passion for research. Through their education, clinical work and research together, they built a partnership and a shared commitment to understanding behavior and improving services for individuals, families and communities.
Kelly was born and raised in Hawaiʻi. She earned her B.A. in Disability Services & Community Outreach at Western Washington University and served people with disabilities through educational support, in-home care and vocational services. She then returned home to give back to the community that raised her. That is where she found ABA, starting as a behavior technician and becoming a Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) before earning her M.S. in Applied Behavior Analysis in Florida. Kelly has now served people with disabilities for over 17 years, 12 of them in ABA.
Her ABA work includes in-home, clinic, in-person and virtual school, community and remote services. She has a wide range of clinical experience with early intervention, high magnitude maladaptive behaviors, social and safety skills, independent living skills and adult services. She has also worked in intake, quality assurance and training. Kelly is very passionate about collaborating with medical and educational professionals, as well as first responders, to give her clients the best services she can in every aspect of their lives.
We bring the Aloha spirit into every wave we catch with you.
What keeps us riding
Serving people with disabilities and their families is our passion and our purpose. Kelly’s educational and behavioral experience helped inspire Waves of Learning and Waves of Safety, and her personal health journey contributed to Waves of Wellness. Together, these programs carry behavioral science beyond traditional clinical settings and into collaboration with other fields.
We are passionate about research and integrate research opportunities within our programs.
Our heart for our clients is the tide that carries us. Behavioral science is the board under our feet, helping us serve our clients and everyone we collaborate with.
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