Sean McNamara, BOOTH
MetDESK
MetDESK
300 Davidson Avenue
Somerset, NJ 08873
Phone Number: 732-893-3334
Email: smcnamara@metlife.com

Biographical Sketch: This person will be coming to assist with the MetDESK Booth with Brian Finn and Kelly Piacenti. Brian will be the only one presenting.

 

Phil Sievers, Ed.S.
Special Education Policy Division, Minnesota Department of Education
State Specialist for Autism Spectrum Disorders
1500 Hwy 36 West
Roseville, MN 55113
Phone Number: 651-582-8607
Fax Number: 651582-8729
Email: phil.sievers@state.mn.us

Biographical Sketch: Phil Sievers provides expertise and leadership on policy development in the area of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) for the Special Education Policy Division of Minnesota Department of Eductaion (MDE). His area of experience and expertise is with the education of students who have ASD and those with challenging behaviors and other developmental disabilities, where he has concentrated his work and study for over 25 years. During this time, he has provided leadership, consultation, technical assitance and training for school disticts, the Minnesota Low Incidence Projects and MN Autism Network.

 

Cathy Pratt, Ph.D.
Indiana University
Director, Indiana Resource Center for Autism / IIDC
2853 East Tenth Street
Bloomington, IN 47408-2696
Phone Number: 812-855-6508
Fax Number: 812-855-9630
Email: prattc@indiana.edu

Biographical Sketch: Pratt is Director, Indiana Resource Center for Autism - Indiana Institute on Disability and Community at Indiana University. Pratt is on faculty through the University Graduate School at Indiana University and presents internationally at conferences and workshops. Pratt is the Chair of the ASA Board of Directors. Pratt has written articles related to ASD, functional behavior assessment/positive behavior supports, instructional policy and policy. Prior to pursuing her doctorate at Indiana University, Pratt worked as a classroom teacher for students with ASD.

 

Barbara Becker-Cotrill, Ph.D.
Autism Training Center Marshall University
Director
316 Old Main
#1 John Marshall Drive
Huntington, WV 25755
Phone Number: 304-696-2332
Email: beckerco@marshall.edu

Biographical Sketch: Dr. Becker-Cotrill is the director of the West Virginia Autism Training Center at Marshall University. Please use her submitted bio for the proceedings.

 

Martha Herbert, MD, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Pediatric Neurologist
149 - 13th Street, Room 6012
Charleston, MA 02129
Phone Number: 617-724-5920
Email: mherbert1@partners.org

Biographical Sketch: Dr. Martha Herbert is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School, a Pediatric Neurologist at the Massachusetts General Hospital and at Cambridge Hospital, and a member of the Harvard-MIT-MGH Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging. She also received the Cure Autism Now Innovator Award and directs the Cure Autism Now Foundation's Brain Development Initiative. Her research program includes studying what makes some autistic brains unusually large, how the parts of the brain are connected and coordinated with each other, and how we can measure changes in brain function that can result from treatment interventions.