Vision
To provide an opportunity for neurodiverse individuals with academic and behavioral needs to learn in a dignifying and supportive way on their journey to becoming productive, successful, and thriving members of their community.
Mission
- Monarch Preparatory, LLC provides individualized academic services to meet the needs of the neurodiverse population, such as autism, ADHD, dyslexia and will exclusively partner with Tyler Behavior Studies, PLLC providing individualized behavior support under the same roof to maximize their ability to communicate and participate in their daily lives.
- Monarch Preparatory, LLC will support our students by using evidence-based behavior and academic strategies, such as applied behavior analysis, and research-based curriculum proven successful with the neurodiverse population.
- Monarch Preparatory, LLC will maintain dignity within our students by building self-esteem and confidence using positive and restorative practices-based reinforcement, and data-based decision-making for the specific needs of each student.
- Monarch Preparatory, LLC will assist each student in reaching their maximum potential as they transition into their community by:
- Teaching functional life skills and self-advocacy to increase the graduation rate of neurodiverse students from at least 41% (compared to the 59% of neurotypical peers)
- Improve job skills for employment opportunity and retention
- Aide in communication skills to initiate and maintain successful social relationships
Staff
Rachel Massey, MEd, BCBA, LBA — Co-Owner/Director of ABA Operations
- Rachel graduated with her Bachelor's in Psychology at UT Tyler in 2013. Just before this time, she began an internship at the Andrews Center in Tyler, Texas, in hopes of finding a long-term career path. On her second day, she was pulled into the Autism Outreach program to help with filing and experienced her first taste of what would eventually develop into a passion. After that day, she never left that unit to pursue other opportunities, as she had finally found her calling. Rachel stayed at Autism Outreach as an intern for several months until she was offered a full-time position as a Behavior Technician in January of 2013 where she was primarily responsible for teaching parents strategies related to ABA.
- In 2015, Rachel started working for an in-home ABA company for a couple of years where she gained experience working with children aged from 2 to 22 with varying diagnoses. In May of 2016, she received her Master’s in Curriculum and Instruction: Applied Behavior Analysis from Arizona State University. A few months later, she accepted a position as the Program Manager of the Comprehensive Program at the Treatment & Learning Center housed under the Andrews Center.
- In November 2016, she sat for the BCBA exam and successfully received her certification on her first attempt. After 5 years of managing the Comprehensive Program, Rachel stepped into the role of overseeing and creating the training & continuing education material for all the behavior technicians at the Andrews Center. During this time, she also supervised over 90 interns from different local colleges and helped to educate and provide meaningful experiences working with the autism population.
- Rachel is a member of the State of Texas ABA organization known as TxABA and enjoys being involved in public policy changes regarding the insurance coverage of autism-related services. She often partners with Champions for Children in their staffing meetings for their Autism Education and Resource program, and she also sits on the Smith County CRCG committee. In her free time, Rachel is an avid volunteer for Autism on the Seas, a special needs travel agency, and is highly active in the autism community in East Texas. She truly enjoys the opportunity to work with each child she encounters and hopes to make an impact on the special needs community of East Texas.
Lynn Kistler, MEd — Co-Owner/ Director of Educational Operations
- Lynn Kistler is a certified Elementary and Special Education Teacher, as well as an Educational Diagnostician. She received her Bachelor of Science in Education from Baylor University in Waco, Texas in December of 1984. In 1994, she received her Master of Education in Special Education from Stephen F. Austin (SFA) in Nacogdoches, Texas. Along with the Master’s program, she completed additional courses to receive certification as an Educational Diagnostician. Lynn is also a Registered Professional Educational Diagnostician, a standard above which required completion of an assessment, additional yearly training in special education law, and adherence to a strict standard of ethics.
- From 1985 to 1994, Lynn taught in special education and general elementary classrooms, as well as in an early childhood intervention clinic. From 1994 to 2015, she worked as an Educational Diagnostician for Lufkin ISD and Tyler ISD. In June of 2015, Lynn retired from public education and began her practice as an Educational Advocate, one of the first in the Tyler/East Texas area. She grew her practice to serve families all over Eastern Texas, and areas such as the DFW metroplex, Texarkana, Paris, and Houston.
- Lynn has always been an active member of her church, participates in ladies game nights such as Mah Jongg and BUNCO, and volunteers time to Champions for Children and a board for a local non-profit charity. Lynn has 2 adult children who live in Tyler and Lindale and is an actively involved grandmother to 4 beautiful grandchildren.