Kristi Skinner, Resource Specialist
Kristi and her husband have one son, Brayden, who is now 16 and a sophomore in high school. Kristi has a degree from Purdue University and left her full-time career in Feb. 2008 to be the primary caregiver for their son when trying to manage his medical appointments, surgeries, therapies, and working did not allow for much of a work/life balance. Since Brayden was born via emergency c-section, Kristi is very familiar with extended NICU stays, First Steps, Developmental Preschool, attending public school and navigating Article 7, along with knowing resources that can further assist with resolving school concerns. Besides being born with Cerebral Palsy, Brayden’s also diagnosed with ADHD, anxiety, and autism.
Over the years, Brayden has received countless hours of occupational, physical, speech, developmental and behavioral therapies in various mediums such as hippo therapy, water therapy and robotic therapy. There’ve also been countless specialist appointments, 12 surgeries for her son via multiple hospitals (many of which were orthopedic in nature), and various types of insurance transitions over the years. She is familiar with overcoming insurance denials, along with ways to obtain medical equipment and other services not covered by insurance. She’s been successful in obtaining partial waiver funding for their accessible van conversion expenses.
Through all the experiences in handling her son’s health issues, Kristi really enjoys sharing the knowledge she has acquired along the way and has a great desire to assist other families of children with special needs in finding ways to obtain services, training and support.
Over the years, Brayden has received countless hours of occupational, physical, speech, developmental and behavioral therapies in various mediums such as hippo therapy, water therapy and robotic therapy. There’ve also been countless specialist appointments, 12 surgeries for her son via multiple hospitals (many of which were orthopedic in nature), and various types of insurance transitions over the years. She is familiar with overcoming insurance denials, along with ways to obtain medical equipment and other services not covered by insurance. She’s been successful in obtaining partial waiver funding for their accessible van conversion expenses.
Through all the experiences in handling her son’s health issues, Kristi really enjoys sharing the knowledge she has acquired along the way and has a great desire to assist other families of children with special needs in finding ways to obtain services, training and support.
