EI Team

MEET YOUR MADISON COUNTY EARLY INTERVENTION TEAM:

Early Intervention Service Coordinators:

Your Early Intervention Service Coordinator will guide your family through evaluation and assessment process, schedule IFSP meetings, and assist you to locate needed and/or desired services, supports, and resources. Your EI service coordinator is one of your main contacts while your family is in Early Intervention.

Rebekah Petit- Rebekah has worked in Early Intervention since 2006. She currently is the Early Intervention Program Manager and service coordinator. Rebekah graduated from The University of Akron with a BA in Child and Family Development. She has a strong understanding of child development and has much experience working with children who have various developmental delays and disabilities. Rebekah and her husband have two sons. She enjoys watching and attending sporting events.

Erin Lipinski- Erin has an AA in Early childhood education and an AS in Human services. She has been working with children and their families since 2001 as a Head start teacher, Family advocate or parent educator before starting as a service coordinator in 2022. Erin and her husband recently moved to Columbus. They have two grown children and two wonderful grandsons.

Developmental Specialist:

Julie Anthony- Julie has been working in the field of Early Intervention since 1998. She works for the Madison County Board of Developmental Disabilities and her office is located at MCBDD Central Office, 500 Elm Street. Julie has knowledge in all areas of development including play skills, social emotional, communication, and motor. She is a graduate of Wittenberg University. Julie and her husband live in the country and are both Madison County residents. She enjoys camping, going to the beach, and spending time with friends and family.

Speech/Language Pathologist:

Andrea Adkins- Andrea earned her M.A. from The Ohio State University and has been a speech-language pathologist for more than 25 years. She has focused on early intervention for the past 8 years. Andrea especially enjoys working with parents and caregivers as they become experts in helping their children learn to talk. In her free time Andrea enjoys hiking, reading, and spending time with family and friends.

Tara Johnson-Tara holds an M.A. in Hearing, Speech, and Language Sciences from Ohio University and is the owner of Something To Say, LLC. She has over 20 years experience working with children in various settings, but her passion lies with coaching families of young children to support feeding, play, and early language development. Tara enjoys spending quality time with her husband and four daughters, as well as reading, gardening, playing the piano, hiking and paddle boarding.

Physical Therapist:

Vicki Herr-Vicki has been a pediatric physical therapist for over 30 years, focusing on home based early intervention for the past 10. Co-founder of ABC Therapies, Inc. in 1991, she earned her clinical doctorate in 2012. Vicki has a special interest in working with medically complex babies. When not working she enjoys hiking, crafting and spending time with friends and family.

Occupational Therapist:

Jasmine Shroff- Jasmine has been an Occupational Therapist for over 30 years. She earned her Master’s Degree with Pediatric specialization from Florida International University in 1993. She has worked in a variety of settings: outpatient clinics, hospitals and preschool. For more than 10 years her primary focus has been in home based Early Intervention. For leisure she enjoys travelling with family, reading, exercising, and spending time with friends and family.