South East Education Cooperative

Courses

Speakers Bios

Amy Goddard, Ed.D., OTR/L, CBIS, ATP

is the Related Service Coordinator and Brain Injury Specialist for the Arkansas DESE Office of Special Education. In partnership with others, Amy leads state level technical assistance projects to align special education and related services for improved student outcomes. Amy’s background includes working with students with extensive support needs in schools and post-acute rehabilitation. Some of her research interests include inclusive education, systems change, and assistive technology. Amy and her husband live on a small farm. She enjoys spending time with her family, riding horses, running, and doing anything outdoors.

Charity Avery, MCD, CCC-SLP

serves as one of the Related Service Coordinators for the Arkansas DESE Office of Special Education. Collaborating with various stakeholders, Charity provides statewide technical assistance focused on integrating special education and related services to enhance student outcomes. Charity has previously worked in schools, a pediatric hospital, outpatient settings, and higher education. Charity and her husband have four children. She loves to travel, cooking, and all things AAC.

Michelle Woodcock

has worked as a Special Education Coordinator in the Office of Specially Designed Services at the NDDPI for 6 years. She holds the portfolios of Emotional Disturbance, Behavioral Health, School Discipline, Graduation, Dropout, and Related Services. Prior to NDDPI, she worked as a Special Education Teacher primarily working with students with social-emotional-behavioral disabilities.

Patti Sharp, OTD, MS, OTR/L, BCP

is an occupational therapist with over 20 years of pediatric experience who works in outpatient at Cincinnati Children’s. She received her Master’s in occupational therapy from Washington University in St. Louis in 2001, her Doctorate from Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions in 2012, and became a board-certified clinical specialist in Pediatric OT in 2018. Patti has co-lead the Developmental Coordination Disorder Translating Research And Clinical Knowledge Team, otherwise known as the DCD TRACK Team at Cincinnati Children’s. In 2018, she was certified as a Cognitive Orientation to daily Occupational Performance (CO-OP) therapist and is one of the few Certified CO-OP Instructors in the United States.

Erin Iverson PT, DPT, PCS

is a developmental pediatric physical therapist at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC). She earned her DPT from Ohio University in 2010 and became a Board-Certified Clinical Specialist in Pediatric Physical Therapy in 2015. Erin has a strong interest in promoting understanding of Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) and is an author of the APTA’s Clinical Practice Guideline for DCD and DCD Fact Sheet. Erin has co-lead the Developmental Coordination Disorder Translating Research And Clinical Knowledge Team, otherwise known as the DCD TRACK Team at Cincinnati Children’s. In 2018, she was certified as a Cognitive Orientation to daily Occupational Performance (CO-OP) therapist and is one of the few Certified CO-OP Instructors in the United States.

Brooke Tayer, COTA/L

has worked as a Medicaid Specialist for the South East Education Cooperative’s School-Based Medicaid Consortium for 5 years. She works with 16 SPED Units and growing on getting SPED units set-up to bill Medicaid with ongoing support. The School-Based Medicaid Consortium uses Relay's Medicaid claiming software to effectively and efficiently record, submit and review claims for reimbursement, advocates for school-based Medicaid at the state level, and provides training, technical assistance, resources and tools to create an effective program within the unit to ensure all members are maximizing their Medicaid Reimbursements. Prior to being a full-time Medicaid Specialist, Brooke practiced Occupational Therapy as a COTA/L.