the people on the porch
About Wild & Free Behavior
Wild & Free Behavior belongs to Anna Claire and Jimbo Waldrop. They run it out of a log cabin on Doctors Drive in New Albany, Mississippi, the town where they both grew up.
our story
Anna Claire and Jimbo met in kindergarten in New Albany. He asked her to be his girlfriend the week before sixth grade, and they've been together, more or less, ever since.
In February 2016, a month after they got engaged, they were in a serious car accident on the way back to Delta State. Anna Claire spent that spring in rehab in Atlanta, where she said her therapists “became family.” They kept their wedding date anyway, and on October 22, 2016, they were married back home in New Albany.
Anna Claire went on to earn her master's and became a Board Certified Behavior Analyst in 2020. Jimbo taught middle school science and coached football for five years, and used ABA in his own classroom. Now they run Wild & Free Behavior together, in a log cabin on Doctors Drive, in the town where they grew up.
owner and BCBA
Anna Claire owns Wild & Free Behavior and runs the clinical side. She's a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) and a Mississippi Licensed Behavior Analyst (LBA), and she oversees every child's assessment and treatment plan.
Her first degree, from Delta State, was in speech and hearing science. She went on to earn a master's, then her BCBA certification in December 2020 and her Mississippi license in March 2021.
Jimbo Waldrop
Jimbo has a biology degree from Delta State and a master's in teaching. He taught middle school science and coached football for five years, and he used ABA with students in his own classroom.
He's part of every first conversation with families, so you'll meet him early on.
the cabin
The cabin sits on Doctors Drive in New Albany, in Union County. Inside, the rooms are paneled in pine, with cushions on the floor, low tables, a play room with a little teepee, and a check-in board on the wall. Outside there's a porch with rocking chairs and a garden where corn and tomatoes grow in summer.
Visiting the cabinworking with us
- A free first conversation
- With Anna Claire and Jimbo, before anything is scheduled.
- A plan written by a BCBA
- Anna Claire writes and oversees every child's plan.
- The same days and times each week
- We set them together after the assessment, and they don't move around.
- A Friday reminder
- Every Friday we send your child's schedule for the week ahead.
Tell us a little about your child, or give us a call. The first conversation is free.