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Meet The Team
Executive Team
Management Team
ABA Clinical Team
Kyra Shepherd
Team Trainer
(Baxter)
Marilyn Elis
Program Coordinator
(Baxter)
Elise Splittstoser
Program Coordinator
(Cambridge)
Amber Beckman
Team Trainer/Program Coordinator
(Cambridge)
Rachel Remkiewicz
Program Coordinator (Rogers)
Speech-Language Therapists
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Occupational Therapists
Malorie Jordan
M.A., OTR-L
Occupational Therapist
(Baxter)
Katie Sweeny
M.S., OTR-L
Occupational Therapist
(Baxter)
Karie Montgomery
M.A., OTR-L
Occupational Therapist
(Baxter)
Psychotherapists
Samantha Mckay
M.A.
Qualified Supervising Professional
Clinical Trainee
(Baxter)
Jessica Stauber
Psychotherapy Intern
(Rogers)
Administrative Team
Halee Goodrich
Office Supervisor
(Baxter)
Laura Hinton
Medical Receptionist
(Rogers)
Jackie Swedeen
Medical Receptionist
(Cambridge)
Julie Rouse
Office Supervisor
(Cambridge)
Autism Matters has up to 60 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.
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Staff Positions
Administrative Department
(Human Resources, Office Supervisor, and Medical Receptionist)
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 (Director of Clinical Services, QSP, 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).