Dr. Robin McLeod is the founding Chief Executive Officer of the National Society of Autism Professionals. For more than two decades, she has strengthened professional practice through organizational leadership, standards development and national advocacy.
A licensed psychologist specializing in autism, Dr. McLeod built a solo practice into a multidisciplinary behavioral health organization with clinics across the Twin Cities and 23 satellite sites in hospitals, pediatric clinics and schools. She has led professional practice guidelines development for the American Psychological Association (APA), chaired the Minnesota Board of Psychology, served as Minnesota Commissioner for PSYPACT and was CEO of EDataSci, an educational data science company.
An APA Fellow, she has received the association's Karl F. Heiser Presidential Award for Advocacy and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Minnesota Psychological Association.
Throughout her career, Dr. McLeod has championed the connection between professional standards and better outcomes for the people those professionals serve. That commitment is also personal. One of her adult sons is autistic, an experience that has helped shape her longstanding dedication to improving autism services.
Government officials are tightening oversight of autism therapy through many changes to reimbursement levels, policy and law. This session explores how they balance access, cost and program integrity with demands for measurable outcomes and quality. Providers will hear what policymakers want to see from individual providers and from the industry as a whole.
