Our Early Intervention/First Steps Team

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LANA GEARHART HOWELL, DT

(Developmental Therapist)

I have been serving children with special needs for 35+ years. I graduated from Indiana University with B.S. in Special Education (K-12), working in public and private school settings and private tutoring with a wide variety of diagnosis’s including: Autism, Learning Disabilities, ADD, ADHD, Mild, Moderate, and Severe intellectual disabilities. I co-founded The Adolescent Day Treatment Center with a Phycologist from Howard Community Psychiatric Hospital for children with Emotional / Behavioral Disorders.

I have been with First Steps for 12 years. Credentialed as a Developmental Therapy Specialist. My passion is to assist parents in guiding their children to fulfill their full God-given potential.