Who We Are
A compassionate team of professionals dedicated to empowering every child, guiding every family, and delivering excellence through science and care.
At PIECES, our mission is brought to life by a dedicated, qualified, and compassionate team. Every member of our service delivery team is trained to provide evidence-based interventions, ensuring that our learners receive the highest-quality support at every stage of their growth. Our tiered service delivery ensures expert guidance at every stage.
The PIECES Culture
We are a hands-on, collaborative team. Supervisors and staff actively participate in every session, helping, guiding, and demonstrating strategies whenever needed. Families are partners in the learning journey, and every learner is treated as a person, not just a case. Our in-house professional development, recreation & reset activities, and workload balance ensure staff stay energized, focused, and ready to deliver meaningful learning experiences.
Core Values
- Compassion
Caring for every child with heart and respect. - Collaboration
Working together to help every learner thrive. - Competence
Delivering excellence through science and skill. - Commitment
Dedicated to progress, every step of the way.
Kathryn Millano-Mendoza, LPT, MA Ed., BCBA
Program Director, Board Certified Behavior Analyst
Kathryn Millano-Mendoza completed her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Master of Arts in Education, specializing in Child Study from the country’s national leading center for teacher education, the Philippine Normal University. She is a registered teacher and had finished basic and advance Applied Behavior Analysis course series at Florida Institute of Technology. She was under supervision of Sorah Stein and Cherish Twigg both Board Certified Behavior Analyst based in USA. Kathryn is the first Filipino BCBA who is based in the Philippines.
She began working in the area of Applied Behavior Analysis with children with developmental delays in 2002. She was introduced to Skinner’s analysis of verbal behavior in 2007 during her training and employment in Tokyo, Japan as a behavior therapist and a learning support teacher. She founded PIECES in 2010 to provide ABA program services for children with developmental disabilities and to train competitive behavioral technicians. She previously has been a part of an educational support group for children with Autism as a Senior Consultant Instructor in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Her work experience includes working with children in a one-on-one home setting, assisting children in mainstream schools, working and supervising ABA program in a school for children with special needs, running hands-on parent and teacher training workshops and consulting on in-home ABA programs.
She also has experience being a resource speaker for seminars and community outreach programs and teaching undergraduate and graduate students majoring in Psychology, Special Education and Child Study
“Find the piece that can make your child reach his full potential”
PRC License Number: 0792048
Certification Level: Board Certified Behavior Analyst
Certification Number: 1-14-15280