Last week, the Summit DD Early Intervention team held their 5th annual EI Autism Training Day. The event was held at Ohio Means Jobs and featured guest speakers from Akron Children’s Hospital, the Autism Society of Greater Akron, the Ohio Department of Medicaid, Cleveland Clinic, Total Education Solutions, and Portage DD. Nearly 100 northeast Ohio early childhood professionals were in attendance for this collaborative event.
“In Early Intervention, our Autism Workgroup spent many intentional hours together to ensure our 5th annual Autism Training Day was a success! We had the pleasure and privilege of bringing back Dr. Julie Wei, Division Director, Pediatric Otolaryngology, Akron Children’s Hospital to discuss the hot topic of sleep and feeding in young children with Autism. The day also included speakers from the Autism Society of Greater Akron, the Ohio Department of Medicaid, Coleman OhioRise, Play on Words, LLC, Dr. Carrie Cuffman, Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician and Sarah Rossi, Speech-Language Pathologist from Cleveland Clinic to discuss the Autism evaluation process and the levels of autism, and Dr. Jessican Emick and Erika Nixon, BCBA, COBA from Total Education Solutions discussing developmentally appropriate ABA. A huge thank you to our workgroup members: Abby Cureton, Liz Ernst, Kelly Gruska-Hoyt, Jenny Reigle, Yolanda Mahoney, Erin Wynn, Heather Welling, and Erin Courtney. Also, a huge shout out to Eric Bailey for supporting us with the tech and capturing parts of this day in photos,” shared Kathy Supple, Summit DD Assistant Director of Early Intervention.
Check out photos from the day below.