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Meet The Team
Chief Executive Team
Upper Management Team
Frontline Management Team
ABA Clinical Team
Katlin Pieters
B.A.S.
Program Coordinator Level 2 (Plymouth)
Sarah Nicosia
M.S.
Program Coordinator Level 1 (Plymouth)
BCBA Trainee
Jasmine Benda
B.A.
Program Coordinator Level 1
(Rogers)
BCBA Trainee
Jayden Tuorila
Level 2 Provider
Program Coordinator Level 2 (Plymouth)
Rachel Horton
B.A.
Program Coordinator/Lead Therapist
(Cambridge)
Hilary Duff
B.A.
Team Trainer
(Plymouth)
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Briana Wroge
B.S.W
Part-Time Team Trainer
(Plymouth)
Kyra Shepherd
Part-Time Team Trainer
(Baxter)
Speech-Language Therapists
Allison Athmann
M.A., CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist Supervisor
(Rogers)
Hannah Judovsky
M.S., CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist
Baxter
Kelsey Rodgers
M.A., CF-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist
Rogers
Occupational Therapists
Victoria Larkin
M.S., OTR-L
Occupational Therapist Supervisor
(Rogers)
Katie Sweeny
M.S., OTR-L
Occupational Therapist
(Baxter)
Karie Montgomery
M.A., OTR-L
Occupational Therapist
(Baxter)
Malorie Jordan
M.A., OTR-L
Occupational Therapist
(Baxter)
Administrative Team
Heather Lindahl
All-Site Intake Coordinator
Janelle Vesely
Office Supervisor (Baxter)
Devonta Stringer
Medical Receptionist (Plymouth)
Laura Hinton
Medical Receptionist (Rogers)
Jackie Swedeen
Medical Receptionist (Cambridge)
Nicole Brattlund
Medical Receptionist (Baxter)
Autism Matters has up to 100 professionals dedicated to the mission of treating children and focusing on making our clients as successful as possible in a variety of settings. Autism Matters is an approved worksite by the Florida Institute of Technology's (FIT) graduate program in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA). This approval ensures that our clients are receiving proper ABA treatment under the direction of Board Certified Behavior Analysts who possess the appropriate clinical knowledge.
Staff Positions
Administrative Department
(Human Resources, Office Supervisor, Scheduling, Medical Receptionist, and Intake Coordinator)
All administrative employees are trained to assist the clinical teams and families with any questions, concerns, or needs that may arise day to day.
ABA Therapy Program (Clinical Supervisor, Program Managers, Program Coordinators, Team Trainers, Lead Behavior Therapists and Behavioral Therapists.)
All behavior therapy employees qualify as Mental Health Practitioners (MHP) in the state of Minnesota and have been trained by professionals with decades of collective experience in programming. Within the MHP qualifications, employees may have other qualifications such as being a Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst (BCaBA) or a Registered Behavior Technician (RBT). Besides being MHP qualified, Autism Matters has Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBA) on-site at each location to help oversee the ABA/VB program.
Speech-Language Pathologists and Occupational Therapists
All Speech-Language Pathologists and Occupational Therapists are licensed by the Minnesota Department of Health, nationally certified, and members of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) or the American Occupational Therapy Associations (AOTA).