Meet Our Program Coordinators
Program Coordinators act as each family’s primary point of contact at CPI. Program Coordinators collaborate regularly with CPI’s Interdisciplinary Clinical Team regarding goals and progress and work directly with the Intervention Team to implement effective and consistent programming. In addition to handling tasks such as data management and report writing, Program Coordinators assist families in coordinating services between school, home, and other providers to ensure the most cohesive and consistent program is in place. Consistency and family support are key to effective intervention!
Josh Bond
Early Childhood Program Coordinator, Englewood
Josh graduated from Clearwater Christian College in Clearwater, Florida with a Bachelor of Science in Communications, with an emphasis in Speech and Psychology. He has worked in various programs and disciplines for the past five years, most recently as a self-employed Applied Behavioral Therapist in South Carolina, where he provided services for multiple kids who ranged the spectrum of Pervasive Developmental Disorders. Josh’s long range goals include further education in a program involving child life or developmental studies program.
Missy Perkins
Early Childhood Program Coordinator, Englewood
Missy has a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Louisville. She is planning to pursue her education at the University of Colorado in Early Childhood Education. Missy has been with Creative Perspectives, Inc. since the spring of 2007 and was a Childhood & Adolescent Program Coordinator for almost two years. Before joining CPI, Missy was a nanny and also volunteered as a counselor for a children’s group at a battered women’s shelter in Denver.
Bob Killam
Program Coordinator, Lafayette
Bob graduated with a B.A. English Literature in 2001. He also has completed one year of study in leadership development, organizational culture and leadership, and leadership and team building. Bob has been working with children who have autism and other special needs since 2001. He has worked in an ABA classroom, as a para-educator for Littleton Public Schools, and an in home senior therapist for JFK’s FASL program. Bob began with CPI in 2008 as a Program Coordinator and is proud to know and work alongside so many caring professionals that make every effort to help children on the spectrum reach their full potential.
Heather McClellan
Program Coordinator, Lafayette
Heather has a B.A. in Religious Studies, and graduated Magna Cum Laude from the California State University at Northridge Missy. Heather worked in the LaCanada Unified School District as Coordinator and aide of the English Language Development program (ELD) and as a 1:1 special education aide for 2 ½ years. Prior to beginning her work with CPI, she worked privately for five years with children with ASD, providing home, school, and community-based intervention.
Meghan Deshais
Program Coordinator, Lafayette
Meghan graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Communication Sciences from the University of Vermont. She hopes to pursue a Master’s degree in Speech and Language Pathology in the near future. Meghan started working with children on the spectrum ten years ago in her home state of Connecticut. She has worked in ABA programs since 2005, working at the New York Center for Autism Charter School in Manhattan prior to joining the team at CPI. Her interests include; behavior management, verbal behavior, social stories, data collection and prompt fading procedures. Meghan loves spending time with children on the spectrum and generally prefers their company to that of neuro-typical people.
Gabriel Montoya
Adolescent Program Coordinator, Englewood
A native of Colorado whom graduated with a double major in Psychology and Sociology from Western State College in Gunnison, Colorado. Upon graduating I have spent eight years working for the Griffith Centers for Children as a Mentor, Residential Treatment Team Member, Home Based Family Preservation Specialist , as well a Multisystemic Family Therapist. My philosophy is that thrive the most when they feel safe and can be pushed to reach their full potential. Home, school, and the community are the places where kids have those growth opportunities. I am proud to be a part of a team here at Creative Perspectives Inc. that is actively working with all three areas to allow children to flourish.
Joe Zelasko
Adolescent Program Coordinator, Englewood
Joe is working his Master’s degree in Theology. He has a B.A. in English from the University of Texas at Arlington. Joe taught and coached at the high school level before coming to Colorado; he taught junior high for two years in Denver before coming to CPI Autism Centers of Colorado full time. He began working with the organization in 2007 as a therapist for Camp Le’ale’a.