Savannah joined Paramount in 2021. She previously taught dance and helped run children’s camps in New York. She has also worked in assisted living. She is very excited to watch the children grow and progress. She loves working with children and helping them to reach new goals. She was born and raised in Chesaning. In her free time, she enjoys camping, kayaking, and listening to live music.
Shelia Hornak
Shelia joined the team in 2021. She worked at a school district for the past 7 years. She worked with kids with special needs sometimes and really enjoyed it. She loves helping kids and seeing them learn, grow and reach their potential! In her free time, she loves to cook, read and run. She is married with two boys that keep her busy!
Matthew Reid
Matthew joined the team in 2021. He was previously a teacher for 19.5 years and has a year of experience with ABA. After teaching for so long, he felt that it was a natural transition to work with kids with special needs. He enjoys spending time with his family and friends and watching movies in his spare time.
Stacey Drzewiecki
Stacey joined Paramount in 2021. She is working toward her bachelor degree in social work at SVSU and then plans to continue on in the ABA field. She loves seeing kids learn and improve on the desired skill. Stacey also has experience working as a paraprofessional for three years at a local high school. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with friends and family. She also enjoys camping and being outdoors.
Ashley Kocot
Ashley joined the team in 2021. She was a patient prior and liked the people at Paramount! In her free time, she enjoys being outdoors working in her garden and horseback rising.
Cori Little
Cori joined Paramount in 2021. She has been employed at Mary Free Bed at Covenant for over a year. She completed her following fieldwork placements at the following practice settings: Long term acute, outpatient neuro, outpatient ortho (at Paramount Rehab) and outpatient pediatrics (Westlund Autism Clinic).She enjoys helping people to achieve their goals and be successful. I am a highly motivated person and enjoy cheering her patients on. In her free time she enjoys camping in the U.P., attending rock concerts and singing. She is a member of her church choir as well as the Saginaw Choral Society. She is engaged to her fiance Chris of 8+ years and they have a cat named Harvey.
Kari Wendling
Kari WendlingDirector of Autism Services MSW, LMSW, BCBA, LBAKarstin (Kari) joined Paramount in 2021. Kari has a Bachelors from Central Michigan University in Child Development, Masters from Michigan State University … Read More
Emily Buchanan
Prior to joining Paramount in 2020, Emily worked at Mid-Michigan for 15 years working with orthopedic patients in the outpatient setting. Emily graduated from Delta College with her Associate in Applied Science in 2005 and became a certified massage therapist in 2011. Emily loves meeting new people, learning what their passions in life are and getting them back to doing the things they love to do. Upon learning about home exercise programs and how they keep patients active after therapy, Emily decided that she wanted to be a PTA and help people overcome their injuries, disabilities and fears. Emily is married with one grown daughter and 2 cats. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, seeing new places in the United States, gardening, weaving rugs and spending time with family and friends.
Julie Ricard
Julie Ricard has her Bachelor in Science of Occupational Therapy. She graduated from Western Michigan University in 1984. Prior to joining Paramount in 2019, Julie worked in the Saginaw Intermediate school district for 32 years and home health care for 9 years. Julie likes helping kids achieve their greatest level of independence in daily tasks. She also loves helping little ones and their families in reaching their goals of learning new skills. Julie is married with three grown children in their 20’s. In her free time, she loves to go for walks, golfing, crafting, skiing, painting and sewing.
Travis McClure
Travis joined Paramount in 2019. He graduated in 2016 and worked for the Saginaw ISD prior to starting at Paramount. He stated, “Paramount has a great reputation and is involved with the community, which is why I am excited to be a part of this team”. Travis wanted to be a SLP because he enjoys working with people and problem solving. In his spare time, Travis enjoys running and being outdoors.
Samantha Coven
Prior to joining Paramount in 2019, Samantha worked in homecare for 6 years. She always wanted to work in some area of the medical field and loves fitness. Samantha loves taking fitness classes, doing workout DVDs and reading in her free time.
Amanda Wegener
Prior to joining Paramount, Amanda was a restorative aide in outpatient and skilled nursing facilities for about two years. The people she met there fueled her goal of becoming a PTA and working with patients on a higher level. She joined Paramount in September 2017 where she fell in love with the attitude that the patient always comes first. Amanda loves to cook, clean, organize, and spend time with family. Amanda and her boyfriend have three sons.