Dr. Rena Sorensen joined CCHMC in 2000 as a clinical psychologist specializing in the assessment and treatment of children with neurodevelopmental disorders and severe problem behavior. She is currently the Director of Behavioral Programming for the Behavior Safety Team at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, serving patients with behavioral risk admitted for medical care with the goal of helping patients access the care they need while keeping everyone safe. She has built intensive models of care including home-based ABA services, community consultation with schools and agencies, an intensive severe behavior treatment day program, neurobehavioral inpatient psychiatric stabilization for acute crisis management, as well as the Behavior Safety Team. She consults nationally on both behavior management and the development of behavior safety systems outside hospitals. She serves as a subject matter expert with the Solutions for Patient Safety – Patient Behavior Events cohort and is a hub team expert on the ECHO Autism Crisis Care/Behavior Solutions for Hospitals program.
Supporting Access for Everyone
SAFE Initiative 