Newswise — Susan Kabot, Ed.D., CCC-SLPDirector, Autism Consortium; Director, Clinical ProgramsMailman Segal Center for Human Development, Nova Southeastern University

Kabot is the executive director of The Autism Institute at NSU’s Mailman Segal Center for Human Development. She oversees the Baudhuin Preschool; Starting Right, a parent-child early intervention program for children 18-36 months; the Autism Consortium, which provides outreach services to school districts around the country; and the Unicorn Children’s Foundation Clinic. She also teaches autism courses at both the master’s and doctoral level at NSU and serves as a dissertation chair and member. She has been active at the local, state and national level in a variety of organizations addressing the needs of individuals with autism, their families and the professionals who serve them. She has spent nearly 30 years developing and administering programs in the area of autism. Her graduate training was in the areas of special education, speech-language pathology, and management of programs for children and youth. She is a Florida and Tennessee licensed speech-language pathologist and holds the Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

Kabot is also the author of “Setting up Classroom Spaces That Support Students With Autism Spectrum Disorders” and “Building Independence: Structured Work Systems for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders,” both published by Autism Asperger Publishing Company (AAPC). She has graduate degrees in special education and speech-language pathology, and a Ph.D. in Management of Programs for Children and Youth. She is a Florida licensed speech-language pathologist and holds the Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech/Language/Hearing Association. She is active in community autism organizations, serving on the Panel of Professional Advisers for the Autism Society and the Advisory Committee for the JAFCO Family Resource and Respite Center in Fort Lauderdale. She was appointed to the Florida Developmental Disabilities Council by former Governor Charlie Crist, where she is the Chair of the Program Planning and Evaluation Committee and serves on the Health Care and Self-Advocacy Leadership Task Forces. She is also the parent of an adult son with autism.