Mission 

SOAR’s mission is to provide specialized services to neurodiverse people and their caregivers to increase our clients’ ability to advocate for themselves, connect with their peers, and manage their own lives effectively.

Our Team

Madison Robitaille, Program Director

MS, BCBA, trained SRE provider

Madison consults with supervisors, AST, and SRE staff to assist with all cases and groups. Madison also works directly with clients, parents/caregivers, and providers to collaborate and come up with creative solutions to challenges. Madison enjoys reading, spending time with her family, and doing puzzles in her free time.

History of ABC

The Association of Behavior Consultants, Inc. (ABC) is a California nonprofit agency that has been providing behavior modification services to California Regional Center clients since 1979. The founder, William Palyo, MS., received his undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles and earned a master’s degree in Educational Psychology from Sonoma State University. He also achieved six special education teaching credentials. In addition to founding the company, William has served as Chief Financial Officer, Human Resources Coordinator, Clinical Program Director, and Controller for the agency since 1979. From that date, the organization has grown to 200 employees serving approximately 1000 active cases in the northern California area through a variety of programs. William Palyo passed away on December 10th, 2021. In a unanimous board decision, Devin Winter has taken over as President of the company. Devin Winter has been working as an administrator in all key departments since 2007 and became COO in 2017 and then CEO in 2021 after William’s passing. In addition to working over 15 years at ABC directly under William, Devin has a degree in Business Administration from Southern Oregon University.

ABC's policy on immigration raids as of October 27, 2025

ABC Inc. believes in equality for all people. In recent years, we have renewed our internal efforts to update our policies on safety, to adhere to California's DEI standards, complied with CA Civil Rights Department reporting, and maintained legal counsel on employee-employer laws and the rights of all of those who work under the ABC Inc umbrella. We will maintain our standard of nondiscrimination in hiring and employment practices, of safe and equitable workplace behavior, and we will continue to keep accountable employees', managers', directors', and administrators' actions. We continue to do what we can to support as many people from all walks of life--in both our employees and clients--and will continue to protect our communities to the best of our ability. We aim to be prepared when it comes to current employment record keeping requirements and we will do our part to protect employee information and privacy rights.

In the case of a federal immigration agent, SOAR's policy is to:

• Stay calm

• Advise others not to run/hide

• Not cooperate with immigration enforcement actions without a signed, judicial warrant with the person’s legal name on it

• Exercise their 5th amendment right to stay silent until an attorney is present

Resources (linked)

• North Bay Rapid Response

• Immigrant Legal Resource Center

• Santa Rosa Chief of Police: Immigration and Deportation Operations Update - November 19, 2024

• California Immigrant Policy Center

• California Laws Protecting Immigrants’ Civil Rights

• Corazón Healdsburg

• Yellow Card

• Red Card

• Immigration Rights Fact Sheet

• Local Policy Interventions for Protecting Immigrants

Rapid Response

Phone Number: 707-800-4544

What they do: Send out volunteers to video record, witness what's happening, talk to the individual about their rights, and talk to the authorities in charge to try to deescalate the situation.