About Us

About Us

Mindful Seeds’ mission is to provide a nurturing space where evidence-based methods of teaching and support are used to maximize an individual’s capacity for learning. Inspired and guided by behavior-analytic traditions and practices, the goal of Mindful Seeds is to advocate for the greater well-being of the neurotypical, individuals with developmental disabilities, and special needs.

Recognizing the role of their significant others in their development, Mindful Seeds also aims to promote parent and caregiver’s welfare by empowering them with culturally- inclusive supports to effectively provide meaningful care to their loved ones.

Don Togade is the Chief Clinical Officer and Co-founder of Mindful Seeds. Together with his team, they provide behaviour-analytic services to individuals with behavioural needs, including training and behavioural management supports to families and agency staff from diverse backgrounds.

Passionate about research and knowledge-sharing, Don regularly explores and presents on topics such as early intervention for children with Autism, instructional design, mindfulness, creativity, performance management, self-management, as well as diversity, inclusion, and equity.

Deeply committed to community engagement, Don volunteers with various special interest groups that focus on increasing awareness, representation, and equitable access to opportunities—particularly for individuals with disabilities and members of the LGBTQ community.

Alongside his clinical and community work, Don also teaches undergraduate, masters, and Ph.D. level courses in Applied Behaviour Analysis at colleges and universities across Ontario, Canada.

Outside of his professional life, Don enjoys caring for his plants, hiking, running, practicing yoga, studying astronomy and cosmology, and sharing good food with family and friends. Proud of his roots, Don was born and raised in the small town of Piat in Cagayan Valley, Philippines, and is now a grateful and proud, naturalized Canadian.

Harvey Quan is the Chief Operations Officer and Co-founder of Mindful Seeds. He manages all aspects of the business operations, coming from a background and experience in finance, Information Technology (IT), quality assurance, field installation and support, project management, senior management, and professional individual and team coaching.

Harvey’s passion is helping people, and he was immediately drawn to the broad potential of helping individuals with special needs and providing support to their families through behavioural analytical services. Thus, the conception of Mindful Seeds – nurturing behaviour growth.

In his leisure time, Harvey enjoys playing badminton, tennis and volleyball, travelling, spending quality time with family and friends, enjoying the outdoors, and volunteering.