20 Years of Hopebridge with Kim Strunk & Sydney Frye

02/09/2025 53 min

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Episode Synopsis

In celebration of Hopebridge's 20th anniversary, this episode of Building Bridges explores the evolution of the autism care industry since 2005. Hopebridge founder Kim Strunk reflects on her mission to create a collaborative model of interdisciplinary care for children with autism. Kim is joined in conversation by Sydney Frye, Lead BCBA at the Cumming, Georgia center, who offers her perspective as an early career clinician. Kim and Sydney discuss the profound value of collaboration between Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy and occupational and speech therapy, which has been a cornerstone of Hopebridge's mission since the beginning, and how this collaborative approach inspired and shaped both of their careers. They discuss the major changes to the autism care industry over the last two decades, and share their visions of the future of compassionate, progressive ABA.

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