Bio

Debra Mandell, O.T.R./L., M.A.

Debra Mandell, O.T.R./L., M.A., is the Director of Monarch School, a chartered non-public school for children ages 3-22 with autism spectrum disorders. She co-founded Monarch’s partnership with Harvard Medical School and Children’s Hospital Boston, resulting in the development of a visual language teaching approach and the award winning visual language software, VizZle. She is currently collaborating with Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital to form a new autism center that will combine research, clinical assessment, intervention services, community outreach, and training. For more information about Monarch Center for Autism, please visit bellefairejcb.org/monarch.