Special Needs Expert Witnesses in Ohio

This expert has a thirty year association in the Life and Disability Income Insurance Industry. For twenty-eight years he was associated with The Union Central Life Insurance Company. During that time he was involved in numerous claim/policy service matters and supervised claim litigation. He also conducted California Fraud Training for over twenty years with claim examiners with a concentration in the Bad Faith area. In addition, was a former Life Insurance Sales Agent with Western Southern Life Insurance Company.

This highly qualified expert is board certified in behavior analysis and conducts studies on autism spectrum disorders. She received her MS degree in special education from the University of Illinois and her PhD degree from Indiana University. She is a member of the board of directors at the National Autism Society of America and the vice-president at Northwest Indiana Autism Society of America. She has published a dozen peer-reviewed journal articles and is a guest editor for the Journal of Autism and Developmental Issues. She lectures both nationally and internationally and has received multiple honors for her outstanding work, including the Indiana Council of Administrators of Special Education's "Distinguished Service Award". She is the former coordinator of the Indiana LRE initiative and the Integrated and Effective Schools Project at Indiana University, through which she created integrated options for students served in separate facilities. Currently, she is the Director of the Resource Center for Autism at a major university.

This qualified expert of Medical School Diversity and Disability Services obtained her BS in Psychology from the University of Central Florida, her MA in Psychology from the University of Alabama, and her Ph.D in Learning and Development at the Cleveland State University. She completed her Post-Doctorate in Training and Assessment Training at Harvard University. She is Certified in General Teaching and is a member of the Academy of American Medical Colleges, the Association on Higher Education and Disability, and the American Psychological Association. She had 25+ Publications on Higher Education and is the Director of MSDS and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at a Top Medical University and is an External Faculty Adviser for an Ivy League Medical School.