Trenna Sutcliffe, M.D.

Understanding the whole family situation is really important to make a difference in a child. And then lastly, I believe I love learning and being innovative and thinking outside the box. And so I decided to set something up where I can continue to ask questions and challenge the system and try to make it better.

Understanding the whole family situation is really important to make a difference in a child. And then lastly, I believe I love learning and being innovative and thinking outside the box. And so I decided to set something up where I can continue to ask questions and challenge the system and try to make it better.

So we have a few different programs. We have a behavioral team where we focus mostly on kids with autism. However, probably about 20% of the kids who work with our behavioral team don't have a diagnosis of autism, but do benefit from behavioral therapy, social skill groups. parent training that focuses on behavioral models.

So we have a few different programs. We have a behavioral team where we focus mostly on kids with autism. However, probably about 20% of the kids who work with our behavioral team don't have a diagnosis of autism, but do benefit from behavioral therapy, social skill groups. parent training that focuses on behavioral models.

We have a mental health therapy team that supports kids and teenagers with anxiety, depression. So we offer different types of therapy for that, mood, dysregulation, ADHD. We have psychologists who do testing for diagnostic assessment, and then we have a medical team. But it's not just giving medicines. I do prescribe medicines. But again, it's like that is a portion of what I do.

We have a mental health therapy team that supports kids and teenagers with anxiety, depression. So we offer different types of therapy for that, mood, dysregulation, ADHD. We have psychologists who do testing for diagnostic assessment, and then we have a medical team. But it's not just giving medicines. I do prescribe medicines. But again, it's like that is a portion of what I do.

I look at the whole child and it's really understanding the therapies, the parenting, the school piece, and medication when it's important and can help.

I look at the whole child and it's really understanding the therapies, the parenting, the school piece, and medication when it's important and can help.

Applied Behavioral Analysis.

Applied Behavioral Analysis.

Yeah. So ABA means a million things these days, and just like autism means so much as well. So ABA is a behavioral intervention that traditionally has been used with kids with autism. It is about taking a skill and breaking it down into smaller sets, smaller subsets. So traditionally, it was very direct, adult directed, repetitive, working on a small skill.

Yeah. So ABA means a million things these days, and just like autism means so much as well. So ABA is a behavioral intervention that traditionally has been used with kids with autism. It is about taking a skill and breaking it down into smaller sets, smaller subsets. So traditionally, it was very direct, adult directed, repetitive, working on a small skill.

All these small skills add up to a bigger skill.

All these small skills add up to a bigger skill.

So an example would be, oh, you put me on the spot and I got to think of an example. Now that's really good. Okay, let's think of something. It may be something to do with greeting someone. Okay, appropriate greeting. And appropriate greeting would be integrating verbal as well as eye contact, as well as maybe turning your body towards the person.

So an example would be, oh, you put me on the spot and I got to think of an example. Now that's really good. Okay, let's think of something. It may be something to do with greeting someone. Okay, appropriate greeting. And appropriate greeting would be integrating verbal as well as eye contact, as well as maybe turning your body towards the person.

So when you greet them, when you meet a new person. And so for someone with significant autism, that's difficult. And they need to learn how to turn their body and make the eye contact and do the vocalization and how to integrate that. So for that skill, you'd work on the different subsets.

So when you greet them, when you meet a new person. And so for someone with significant autism, that's difficult. And they need to learn how to turn their body and make the eye contact and do the vocalization and how to integrate that. So for that skill, you'd work on the different subsets.

And so you might be first working on, if you want to greet someone and acknowledge them, you're first going to look at them and have that joint attention. So you're going to teach a child how to make eye contact. Initially, we did ABA with something called discrete trial. That's why it's controversial.

And so you might be first working on, if you want to greet someone and acknowledge them, you're first going to look at them and have that joint attention. So you're going to teach a child how to make eye contact. Initially, we did ABA with something called discrete trial. That's why it's controversial.