Megan Ahlers

Megan Ahlers is currently a school administrator. Combining her years of experience as a teacher, program coordinator, and administrator, she spent over 27 years in the field of education and has taught children ranging in age from 3 to 22 years old. Her area of expertise is in early intervention and curricula programming as well as shaping behavior. With her co-author, Colleen H. Zillich, she developed The Classroom and Communication Skills Program, which integrates positive behavioral supports along with a total communication approach to better meet the needs of some young students, was developed.

Megan has presented at the national, state, and local levels on autism, positive behavioral support, and other effective programming for students who are nonverbal, limited verbal, and/or have limited table readiness skills. Megan received her undergraduate degree in education and her master’s degree in special education from Indiana University. She lives with her husband and their three children in Indiana. She enjoys reading, needlepoint and conversation with close friends.