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Presenters:
Stephanie Robinson, ARNP received her BA from the University of South Dakota with a degree in Elementary and Special education and her masters degrees from Morningside University. Stephanie has been an educator for 35 years. The first 15 were in the public school system teaching student in K-12+. For the last 20 years, Stephanie worked at Northwest Area Education Agency (NWAEA) as a special education consultant with a focus in autism and challenging behavior. Stephanie works part-time for the Pier Center in the area of social skills.
Jan Turbes was an Autism and Challenging Behavior Specialist within the tri-state area with immense experience in the areas of assessment and treatment of challenging behavior. Jan works part-time with the Pier Center to support a variety of needs for our clients including challenging behavior and social skills. With over a decade of experience in the fields of behavior analysis and autism, Jan remains one of our biggest advocates for the advancement and continued training of our staff. In addition, Jan was one of the original board members for the Pier Center for Autism.
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tine Weiland, MOT, OTR/L, is an Occupational Therapist at ChildServe. Christine has 15 years of experience and is involved with the Autism Day Program, Feeding program, and the Life Skills program. She has experience working with clients in an individual and group setting focusing on ADLs, IADLs, sensory regulation, work, leisure, and social skills. Christine is the Lead Therapist for the Life Skills Program, where she has been instrumental in the development and education of the Life Skills program over the last ten years at ChildServe.
Audrey Wood, M.A., CCC-SLP is a Speech Language Pathologist at the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital Center for Disabilities and Development (CDD). She received her BA and MA at the University of Iowa and is an Iowa Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (ILEND) program graduate. She has extensive experience working with children and adults with a variety of communication needs including Autism, speech and language disorders, and augmentative and alternative communication. She is a PEERS® Certified provider and Girls Night Out (GNO©) certified provider and has led several PEERS social skills groups for adolescents and young adults, in addition to frequently providing individualized therapy supporting social communication development.