News

Wow! It's been a while since I wrote. It seems like so much has happened. Tori Counts left us and went to work for Tullahoma City Schools as their first in house behavior provider! I know she was very excited about the position and it's the area she grew up in, so she was excited about being back home. Katie Welter, left us and moved to Minnesota. She will also be greatly missed, but I totally understand why she wanted to be closer to family.

On Wednesday we have two new staff members starting, both BCBAs who graduated from Auburn, Alyson Cruze and Micah Friddle. I'm excited about what they'll bring to the company, through their experience and education from Dr. Carr, such a leader in our field. It'll be nice to have some new personalities on staff as well.

Today we began our partnership with the Catholic Schools which is huge for both ABC Services, but also the potential for The Ewing School. A child we work with will be attending a catholic school and we will partner with them to provide an aide and educational support. I'm very excited about the potential and freaking out a little about how perfectly I want it to go. I hired Mary Campbell, who was my daughter's teacher this past year and who nannied for us this summer to act as this aide. I think she'll be perfect, because she's got such great energy and is so motivated to do well.

Finally we will add Brandon Freeman, MS, BCBA to our staff later this month. He will work as a clinical director and assist in opening an office in Birmingham, Alabama. I'm very excited about being able to offer services to families in Alabama.

One bummer, we were set up to provide diagnostic services starting in September. We of course finally started getting referrals and the lady that was going to be doing the assessing called to tell me due to contract restrictions she would not be able to. I am really disappointed because with limited diagnostic services throughout middle Tennessee, there are long waitlists and kids need intervention now! I know that it just wasn't the time and that the time will come. Until then I'll pray about it and know that at some point we will be able to diagnose kids so that we can help those kids who are waiting for assistance to get help sooner!

I'll try to do a better job of keeping updates posted. Check back frequently.