Interview Series: Sharon Alert-Burgess, Behavior Intervention Specialist
The following is an interview of Sharon Alert-Burgess. Ms. Alert-Burgess is a Behavior Intervention Specialist (BIS) in Queens, New York. We appreciate her for taking the time to answer these questions. JJ: Where did you go for your bachelor's and master's degrees? What did you major in? M.S.Ed., East Stroudsburg University (ESU) B.A. Psychology, York College (CUNY) JJ: How long have you been in the field? What made you select being a BIS as a career? I started working in this field in 1999 after I graduated high school. I began in Early Intervention doing ABA with Children who were diagnosed with Autism. After high school, I