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04/14/2020

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04/07/2020

Sgt Parnell Guyton is critically ill with Corona Virus. Sgt Guyton works with the University of Alabama - Birmingham Police Department.

We met Sgt Guyton in 2016 when he helped us film several autism training videos. A man with a very big heart.

"His wife is asking for prayers from the community. “Please let everyone know that coronavirus is real, and they must shelter in place,’’ Fekisha Guyton wrote. “As a first responder, he went to work so we could stay safe at home.” - AL dot Com article

Please join IAG in prayer for Sgt Guyton to make a fully recovery.

01/07/2020

Today began a two month long training event at Huntsville Police Department(HPD). By the end of February HPD will have all 420 sworn officers trained in autism awareness.

There are a handful of departments in Alabama which made this type of training mandatory with HPD being the largest.

These departments have shown exemplary leadership in serving their community and IAG as well as the autism and developmental disability community are very thankful!

We are also thankful to all the non-profits who have worked alongside these events to grow the sense of awareness in their respective community.

Onward.

01/03/2020

CBS 42

CBS 42

Authorities are advising everyone to write "2020" rather than just "20" when filling out forms as the latter can be marked to another year beginning with "20."

12/20/2019

IAG strives to raise the level of awareness and knowledge of autism and developmental disability for police officers and other first responders. This information is critical when interacting within our communities.

Safety for officer and citizen is priority #1.

Thank you officers/deputies from Montgomery PD, Montgomery County SO, Prattville PD and Elmore County SO for attending IAG training yesterday.

For more information about IAG training solutions contact:

[email protected]

11/21/2019

IAG is proud to work with Huntsville Police Department through 2020 to have all in-service officers trained on autism and first response. Today another great training was held at their academy.

Thank you to Tennessee Valley Unite, non-profit focused on autism awareness in North Alabama, for donating sensory bags to all attending officers, such a great tool for all first responders!

Special thanks to Captain McCarver and other command staff at HPD for working with IAG to make this happen!

See you guys next time. Stay Safe out there!

Contact IAG at [email protected] for information how IAG can assist your department in understanding autism and how you can make a difference.

11/13/2019

Another great training I’m Colbert County. Thank you to all attendees!

Stay safe.

11/13/2019

IAG was honored to train the soldiers in the 6th Military Police Detachment at Ft Rucker especially a day after Veterans Day.

Thank you CPT Berchild, commander of the detachment, for seeing the importance of our training. We look forward to seeing you guys soon.

As always, thank you for your service to our country.

11/06/2019

IAG is always thankful when we get the opportunity to train police officers and other first responders. Raising the level of awareness and teaching best practices when interacting with those with developmental disabilities.

Thank you to Chief Dumais of the Department of Army police department on Ft. Rucker for allowing us to train your officers and today your full command staff(pictured). Great leadership.

Stay Safe!

10/21/2019

Another great training with a big group of LEO, Fire/Reacue, Nurses etc in Alexander City. Thank you and great work Melissa Mullins SpedAdvocate for organizing the training class! Thank you to Jerry Asa for finding this event. By the way, Tori absolutely rocked it today helping first responders understand ASD and getting to know those who serve her community

Special thanks to all those in attendance.

Stay Safe!!

10/17/2019

Another great day of training in the books. Thank you to the Montgomery Police Academy for hosting the class and special thanks to all who attended.

If you would like more information about autism first responder trainings please email us at:

[email protected]

Stay Safe!!

10/08/2019

IAG is proud to say we have started to train police (Project Companion) on our second military base, Ft Rucker, AL.

We want to thank Chief Dumais, Department of the Army Police, for allowing us to begin this project with his police force.

Thank you to Ms Goodson head of EFMP, for working alongside us. We look forward to seeing everyone again in November and beyond!!

IAG wants to give special thanks to our new friend Alexander who helped attendees understand autism by interacting with the class.

This is just the beginning at Ft. Rucker and we are very thankful and excited for this opportunity.

#impact

09/21/2019

IAG feels Self Advocate And Community Training is very important to ensure safe interactions with police and other first responders.

Thank you to the Jefferson County chapter of People First Alabama for hosting and the invite.

09/18/2019

Police: dog sniffs out missing three-year-old autistic child in Florida in under 30 minutes

Investigators searched for 2 hours then called out the K9.

K9 located child in less then 30 minutes.

This is why we highly suggest having K9 search crews out as quickly as possible in missing child/person cases. This saved a life.

Great work Santa Rosa County SO.

A deputy bloodhound followed the scent of a missing three-year-old, leading authorities to the boy in under thirty minutes, police said.

09/17/2019

Day one in Franklin County in the books. Another great training! Thank you to Russellville PD, Franklin Co DHR, Russellville FD, Red Bay PD, Franklin County SO for coming out.

See you guys tomorrow for day two!

08/23/2019

Is it autism? The line is getting increasingly blurry

Interesting read/study coming from our northern neighbors in Canada. Is the line becoming blurred?

If the current trend in diagnostic practices holds, the definition of autism may get too blurry to be meaningful, a research team finds.

08/04/2019

Autism Society of Alabama Tallapoosa-Coosa County Chapter

Autism Society of Alabama Tallapoosa-Coosa County Chapter

Thanks to Autism Society of Alabama and Interaction Advisory Group, LLC we are beginning the process of planning the next event coming to the Tallapoosa-Coosa County Chapter of Autism Society! Autism Safety First Responder training! Keep checking back for details. 🧒💙👩
~Melissa

08/04/2019

Beacon of Hope

Enterprise Autism Social Group thanks for setting this up! So excited to work with Interaction Advisory Group, LLC tomorrow! Looking forward to a great lunch thanks to Wiregrass Board of Realtors Synovus Bank Beth Bryant and Milky Moo's Ozark

07/30/2019

Interaction Advisory Group continues to Expand

Interaction Advisory Group (IAG) is excited to announce that Alana Williams has joined the company as a new trainer of its autism awareness and other developmental disabilities safety program for first responders.

Alana has over 10 years of experience in the criminal justice system, specializing in law enforcement and investigations. In 2009, Alana earned her Alabama Peace Officer’s Standards and Training Commission(APOSTC) Certification through Montgomery Police Academy in Alabama.

In addition to serving her community as a deputy sheriff and police officer, Alana has been a collegiate criminal justice instructor at her alma mater, Alabama State University, since 2013. Alana also possess an Instructor Development Certification from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Alana’s educational background consists of a M.S. in Criminal Justice from Faulkner University and a B.S. in Criminal Justice from Alabama State University. Alana is a mother of one child, James, who is autistic, and she enjoys family time and traveling with her son.

“IAG takes pride in offering superior training from experienced first responders and individuals who both understand the challenges individuals with special needs face when dealing with first responders”, added Dustin Chandler, President and Co-Founder of IAG. “We are thrilled to have Alana working with us as we continue to grow and impact lives through our important work.”

To learn more about IAG first responder trainings please visit www.interactionadvisorygroup.com

07/30/2019

70% of the firefighters in the US are volunteer, many of which are in rural areas.

We are proud to train and teach our volunteer fire departments.

Thank you to Cook Springs for hosting an autism and developmental disability training last night. Thanks to volunteers from Wolf Creek, Cook Springs, Waterloo, Munford and one St. Clair County Deputy for attending.

Learning to better prepare themselves to serve their community and doing it for no pay is very respectable.

Stay Safe.

07/26/2019

A big thank you to our latest training attendees from Walker County SO, Jasper PD, Jasper FD, Sipsey FD, County DHR, Walker County DAs Office and more.

We enjoyed meeting you and hope you all stay safe! #autism #asd #training #dd

07/25/2019

There isn’t a more joyous group of people to be around than our new friends at “dreamFit” in Jasper.

Thanks for stopping by our first responder training session this morning to say hello. We loved the happiness!!

07/23/2019

Its a big step forward in awareness, acceptance and safer interactions when total department training happens. Yesterday, IAG completed its final in-service training for the Madison City Police Department. All sworn officers in the department have received Autism and DD training.

IAG would like to thank Chief Jernigan for allowing us to complete this training with all of his officers. His leadership and dedication to the community should be applauded.

IAG would also like to thank all the local self advocates who assisted in our training by sharing your story. Thank you to a local non-profit, Tennessee Valley Unite, for working alongside IAG and making sure all officers have de-escalation kits for their patrol vehicles.

Funding for all trainings given by Alabama Council on Developmental Disabilities.

07/19/2019

Yesterday was a great start in working with Huntsville Police Department to train all sworn officers in the next several months. Thank you to HPD leadership for seeing this training as vital to policing in their city.

I want to give a big thank you to Jacob Jennings and his mother Christy for assisting with training helping attendees and myself learn effective ways to communicate with Jacob. It is important that we are always willing to learn and add tools to our tool kit to better serve. He was awesome!

Thank you to those working with Tennessee Valley Unite who help support our efforts by supplying all officers with De-Escalation kits.

See you guys again soon!

Dustin Chandler

06/25/2019

Another great in-service training is in the books with Madison County SO.

Thank you to Tennessee Valley Unite for giving out first responder bags that will assist deputies during interactions.

Thank you all for your service and a special 'thank you' to the rookies in the class who have chosen to serve and protect! Much respect to all!

See you all again in July!

06/24/2019

Madison County Sheriff's Office

‪New employees and in service training this week starts this morning with Dustin Chandler Interaction Advisory Group, LLC Autism and Developmental Disability contact training. ‬

05/15/2019

Thank you to all youth services workers at Maxwell AFB in Montgomery for attending our 2 hr Autism and Developmental Training. Special thanks to EFMP program director Lela Brown for making this happen.

Better understanding leads to better interactions!

04/29/2019

IAG believes training should have two phases.

Phase 1 - Training first responders how to interact safely and effectively with individuals with Autism and Developmental Disabilities

Phase 2 - Teach community how to interact safely with first responders and giving family members ideas and tools how to keep their loved one safe.

Knowledge begets Safety.

Madison City held such a community training event one day before a first responder training last week.

Well done.

04/16/2019

We are thankful to the wonderful advocates and parents of Tennessee Valley Unite who have been working tirelessly to have much needed Autism and Developmental Disability training in their area.

We have now begun a series of "in-service" trainings with the city of Madison Police Department which will cover all sworn police officers in Madison, AL!

We are grateful the City of Madison PD along with the others agencies(announced at a later date) agreeing and being so hospitable to us. They are setting the example and standard for making sure they are ready for every interaction and striving to keep members of their community safe!

Stay Safe MPD.

Trainings made possible by the Alabama Council on Developmental Disabilities.

for more information email us:
[email protected]

04/08/2019

Thank you to members of Harris County SO, Columbus FD and PD, Muskogee County Schools, Ft. Benning, Muskogee County SO, Harris County Schools, Georgia Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Disabilities and Immigration and Customs Enforcement(ICE) for attending our Autism training. We appreciate your willingness to learn.

Thank you for your service!!

A special thank you to Autism Hope Center of Columbus, GA for hosting this training event.

If you would like more information about Autism training for first responders please email us:
[email protected]

04/02/2019

We always love and support our family and friends with Autism.

02/25/2019

Thank you to Alabama Autism Society and Angel Warrior Foundation for sponsoring the autism training event today!

Always fun training fire fighters and police officers!

02/12/2019

Texas police launch safety stickers program for people with special needs

We applaud any effort in to inform officers of crucial information however, we also feel knowing someone with Autism or Developmental Disability is only the first step.

After learning this, the question becomes how does the First Responder(FR) interact with individual in a way to ensure safety, for FR and Individual plus fair treatment of the individual throughout the interaction?

www.interactionadvisorygroup.com

We can help.

email:
[email protected]

The stickers are designed to help alert police when they are dealing with someone who has a physical or mental disorder

01/14/2019

We offer our deepest sympathies and prayers as we all mourn the loss of Sgt Carter from the Birmingham Police Department. May God bring peace and comfort to his family and loved ones.

We also pray for the full recovery of the second officer involved.

God Bless all LEO that serve and protect the communities across this great country.

#thinblueline

(Photo source: WBRC)

01/09/2019

Join Our Team!

Interaction Advisory Group (IAG), a leading provider of autism and special needs awareness training for first responders, is seeking a passionate and energetic individual to provide training/consulting services to IAG and its clients. The ideal candidate will have law enforcement or other first responder background with a passion for and connection to the Autism and Developmental Disability communities.

For additional information and qualifications for this position please email us at:

[email protected]