“I truly feel it’s my life’s destiny to teach children with developmental disabilities how to become the best person possible while advocating for families to have access to services they deserve.”
Dr. Rebecca Mandal-Blasio is a senior clinical director for AST in Louisiana and Arkansas. She has been with AST for 10 years and began as the clinical director for AST’s first Learning Center in New Orleans. Dr. Mandal-Blasio completed her predoctoral internship at the Kennedy Krieger Institute of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine as part of the Neurobehavioral Outpatient Unit and Pervasive Developmental Disorders Clinic. She then completed her postdoctoral fellowship at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Throughout her educational and professional career, Dr. Mandal-Blasio has enjoyed working with children with developmental disabilities and their families.