Our Team

Frances Fishman is the founder and owner of The Play Base. She is a Board Certified Behaviour Analyst with her M.Ed. in Developmental Psychology and Education. Frances is A hard working, empathetic, and loving woman, leader and entrepreneur who took her passion and turned it into her career. With over 11 years experience in behaviour modification in the home, community and educational settings, as well as being a mother of 3, she have developed a skill set and a perspective that has allowed her tremendous success with her team and client base. She is an optimist who believes that every person can be given the chance to live to their highest potential when given a loving approach and a team who believes in them and sees the incredible potential each individual has.

Yael is a registered behavior technician and has a Master of Arts degree in Early Childhood Studies, where she focused on the inclusion of children with autism in schools, as well as a Bachelor of Arts degree in Early Childhood Education. Yael has over 14 years of experience in the field and has been working with The Play Base for past two years.

Heather is passionate about education and nurturing each child's unique self-expression, Heather has been teaching and working with children for over 17 years in many countries around the world. Heather's specializations are language development, early learning and reading. She empowers children as leaders, co-creators and decision-makers in their own learning processes.

Raven Newman is a behaviour therapist at The Play Base for just under a year. She is a certified Early Childhood Educator, and currently 1 year away from receiving her BEd. Raven started her career in this filed, first as a 1-on-1 educator, then as a co teacher in special education.