About Alyson Beytien

Alyson Beytien is a popular national/international speaker, parent/teacher trainer and mother of 3 sons with autism. She is a consultant and trainer for school systems throughout the country on educating individuals with autism.

Alyson has a degree in Early Childhood Special Education and is in the Masters Autism program at the University of Kansas. She is the moderator of a DVD training series, "Family to Family: A Guide to Living Life When a Child is Diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder".

She is also a columnist for the Autism Spectrum Quarterly magazine and host of the web/radio program “Family to Family” on AutismOne.org. In her spare time (is there such a thing?) she quilts, gardens, reads voraciously, and thinks of behavior plans in her sleep!