Choosing the right ABA provider is an important decision for your child and family. Beyond Brighter Minds provides individualized applied behavior analysis treatment for children across the San Fernando Valley, with services available through our Canoga Park clinic and in-home support based on location and availability.
Our BCBA-led team offers Early Intervention, Center-Based ABA Therapy, In-Home ABA Therapy, and Parent Training. We combine evidence-based care with clear communication, family participation, and treatment goals built around each child’s needs.
Compassionate ABA Care Centered on Each Child
We Understand
Beyond Brighter Minds was created to provide compassionate, individualized ABA therapy and behavioral support for children and families in Canoga Park and throughout the San Fernando Valley. We want parents to feel heard, informed, and included throughout every stage of their child’s care.
Our experts combine professional experience in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) with the personal perspective of parenting a child with additional support needs. We understand that families may face complex emotions, uncertainty, and concerns that are not always fully addressed in traditional behavioral therapy settings. This perspective shapes how we communicate, plan treatment, and support each family with empathy and clinical expertise.
We recognize that no two children learn, communicate, or grow in the same way. Every individualized ABA treatment plan should reflect the child’s strengths, communication style, daily routines, developmental needs, and family priorities. Our evidence-based services may support children with autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and other behavioral or learning needs.
At Beyond Brighter Minds, our goal is not to change who a child is. Through personalized ABA therapy, parent training, and family-centered behavioral support, we help children build meaningful skills while empowering parents to make informed decisions. Every plan is designed to respect the child’s individuality and align with the values, routines, and long-term goals of the family.
Our Mission and Values
Our mission is to help children build meaningful skills that support communication, independence, participation, and everyday life.
Our work is guided by four core values:
Our Approach to ABA Therapy
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Our approach begins with learning about the child. Assessment, observation, caregiver input, and clinical review help guide individualized treatment goals.
Applied Behavior Analysis uses structured teaching, reinforcement, observation, and data collection to understand how a child responds to support. Depending on the child’s needs, treatment may focus on communication, play, transitions, social participation, self-care, behavior regulation, or independence.
Parent participation is also an important part of the process. Caregivers may receive practical strategies they can use during daily routines to support progress beyond therapy sessions.
A trauma-informed approach to care.
The importance of acknowledging the struggles and challenges our parents face is a key factor in the treatment we provide.
Our emphasis is not just clinical because we know there are emotions, anxieties, and fears that deserve to be addressed and are often overlooked in traditional behavioral therapy.
Meet the founders
Beyond Brighter Minds is co-owned and operated by a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) who is a parent with a special needs child JUST LIKE YOU.
Lisa Setiadi MS BCBA
Clinical Co-Director
Leon Olevsky MS BCBA
Clinical Co-Director
Our Values
At Beyond Brighter Minds, we value compassionate care, professionalism, and growth. We’re building a team of people who want to make a real difference while developing strong skills in the field of ABA.
We believe great client outcomes start with great team members, which is why we focus on support, communication, and long-term development.
Why Families Choose Beyond Brighter Minds
Choosing an ABA provider is an important decision. Families need a team that listens carefully, communicates clearly, and respects what matters to their child and household.
1. BCBA-Led Care
Beyond Brighter Minds is co-owned and operated by a Board Certified Behavior Analyst who is also a parent of a child with special needs.
This combination of professional knowledge and personal understanding helps shape a compassionate, family-centered approach to behavioral support.
2. Individualized Treatment
No two children learn in exactly the same way.
Treatment recommendations are based on assessment, observation, caregiver input, and ongoing review. Goals and teaching strategies may be adjusted as the child develops new skills or as family priorities change.
3. Parent Participation
Parents should understand what their child is learning and how those goals connect to everyday life.
Our team works with families to discuss progress, identify priorities, and provide strategies that support greater consistency outside formal therapy sessions.
4. Data-Informed Decisions
ABA clinicians collect information during sessions to understand how a child responds to teaching strategies.
This information, combined with clinical review and caregiver observations, helps the team evaluate progress and determine whether goals or methods should be updated.
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5. Meaningful Everyday Skills
Progress is most valuable when it helps a child participate more successfully in everyday life.
Depending on the child’s needs, therapy may support communication, transitions, play, social participation, self-care, independence, and other practical abilities used at home and in the community.
Lisa Setiadi, Founder & CEO
Meet the Founders
Chief Executive Officer
Lisa Setiadi
In many ways, the story of Beyond Brighter Minds mirrors my own.
I was born in Indonesia, adopted, and immigrated to the United States at eight years old, eventually making Los Angeles my home. Beginning at age 16, I returned to communities across Indonesia, Bangladesh, and Vietnam to volunteer—building toilets, assisting doctors performing cataract surgeries, and later providing behavioral support to children with disabilities in homes, schools, and orphanages.
It was there that the vision behind BBM began. I saw children with disabilities who were too often excluded, hidden, or underestimated, and I wondered what could change if we could help open doors to independence, freedom, and a life of greater possibility.
BBM Indonesia was born first, followed by BBM United States—a journey that, fittingly, followed my own: from the country where I was born to the country that became my home.
Even our logo carries that story. The light bulb represents the idea that every child has potential waiting to be recognized and illuminated. The scattering dots represent seeds of knowledge, opportunity, acceptance, and hope, planted in one community with the possibility of taking root, growing, and spreading far beyond where they began.
That is why I do what I do. My hope is that everyone who becomes part of BBM carries a little of that mission with them, while sharing in a larger vision: that the seeds we plant today will take root, grow, and create meaningful change far beyond where they began.
Leon Olevsky, Founder & CEO
Leon Olevsky
In many ways, my path to Beyond Brighter Minds began with a desire to help people, from toddlers and adolescents to adults and geriatric population.
I attended UCLA as an undergraduate with the intention of keeping the door open to medical school. I had always been drawn to the idea of working in a field where I could make a meaningful difference in people’s lives. But as I considered the years of education and training ahead, I realized I did not want to wait until my mid-30s to begin building something of my own and making that impact.
That led me to ABA.
What stood out to me was how fundamental behavior is to all of us. Just as there will always be a need for medicine, there will always be a need to understand behavior, communication, learning, and development. There is no shortage of children and families who need support, and I found a deep sense of purpose in being able to contribute to that work.
I have always felt fortunate to have been born typically developing and to have had opportunities that allowed me to pursue the life I wanted. But not everyone is given the same starting point. Some children require significant and ongoing support to communicate, learn, remain safe, and develop greater independence. To me, being in a position to help provide that support is both a responsibility and a privilege.
As CFO, I focus on building the structure behind BBM that allows our clinical mission to grow. Financial sustainability, responsible growth, strong operations, and accountability are not separate from our mission—they are what allow us to serve more children and families well.
What gives me the greatest satisfaction is knowing that the work we do can make someone else’s life a little easier, a little more independent, and a little more full of possibility.
That is what brought me to BBM, and it is what continues to drive me forward.
Chief Financial Officer
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Locations
Canoga Park Clinic
21201 Victory Blvd #205
Canoga Park, CA 91303
Hours
Mon-Fri 8:30 am - 7:00 pm
Saturday 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Sunday - Closed