"I graduated from Brehm last spring and I'm proud to say I am succeeding! Having Brehm training in Speech and Language therapy along with Academic Prep allowed me to overcome my Aspergers and help make the dean's list at University of Tennessee Chattanooga last semester.
One thing that became apparent to me and the people at the University is that Autism is expanding in our population. We had fifteen students come in on the autism spectrum, and of those only a few succeeded outside of the academic realm.
I have been working extensively with another Aspergers affected student to develop the MoSAIC (Students With Autism Integrated Community, Mo is short for mocking bird, which is the school mascot) volunteer program. MoSAIC allows students with Aspergers and high-functioning autism to have a live-in dorm mentor (much like a Brehm dorm parent) while also encouraging Interpersonal relationship with other students living with them in the program. We will be launching this program in this Fall. Please email me at bryan-barkley@utc.edu for more information."
— Bryan Barkley
Brehm Alumni 2008
MoSAIC Mentor
Brehm Alumni 2008
MoSAIC Mentor
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