Our team

Meet our founder

Founded in 2010 by Karen Chung, a CPA with a Master of Management from Kellogg, with one mission: make evidence-based ABA education reachable for every family, educator and professional, wherever they are. Sixteen years on, 32,000+ customers in 140+ countries. Founded and led by Karen Chung since 2010.

Karen Chung

Founder and CEO

Kellogg Master of ManagementCPA, Elijah Watt Sells AwardFounded Special Learning in 2010

Karen came to the United States from South Korea in 1975, at nine, with a family that arrived with $500. She earned her accounting degree at Northern Illinois University, passed the CPA exam on the first attempt with the Elijah Watt Sells Award, took a Master of Management at Kellogg, and spent twenty years in investment banking and real estate before she found a new mission.

She founded Special Learning in 2010 and still runs it the way it started: families first, science in plain language, and no person on this journey treated as a transaction. Read her story

Course presenters

Course faculty

Every CE course names its presenter and their credential on its page, with the hours it carries for each board. Special Learning is listed with the BACB (ACE Provider OP-14-2437), QABA and IBAO.

V-CAT: Virtual Consultation, Assessment and Therapy

V-CAT is a Special Learning program. Contact us to ask about service options, availability for your location and the applicable price. Ask about V-CAT

Work with us

Clinicians, educators and writers who want to build training that reaches 140 countries: write to us.

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