The AIT is made up of a variety of professional staff from Barton County Special Services. The team is designed to assist staff with educational and behavior strategies to improve the educational setting for children with autism. Such consultative services can be provided through observations, behavior checklists, and interviews with teachers and parents, etc. A referral can be made by general education teachers, special education teachers, parents, administrators and other professional staff.

Barton County Special Services AIT

Alyson Burkhart, Itinerant Special Education Teacher
Kari Carper, Early Childhood Special Education Teacher
Nichole Jeffrey, Speech Language Pathologist
Coleen Moore, Occupational Therapist
Catherine Thielenhaus, School Psychologist

Autism Interdesciplinary Team (AIT)