National Resource Center for Youth Services

Roy Van Tassell, MS, LPC

Director, Envolve PeopleCare

Roy Van Tassell is a mental health professional in Tulsa, Oklahoma and serves as Director for Trauma and Evidence-Based Interventions for Envolve PeopleCare, a managed behavioral health care company with services in 17 states. Roy provides training in trauma, assessment and evidenced-based interventions as well as consultation to a range of clinical providers, and has been a member of the SAMHSA funded National Child Traumatic Stress Network since 2003. Roy’s professional background over the 33 years is diverse, having worked with all ages in multiple residential, impatient, outpatient, and a partial hospital settings and serving as Clinical Director for Trauma Services at Family & Children’s Services. Roy has training and practice and in four evidenced-based trauma interventions. He is a member of the national TF-CBT Trainer Network. Roy provides on-going clinical supervision, training and consultation for Family & Children’s staff in Tulsa in addition to consultation and training for the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and the Oklahoma Department of Human Services.  Roy manages his own stress by spending time with his family, being an avid cyclist and enjoying a great cup of coffee and the occasional craft beer.

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Michele DeBerry, MS CCC-SLP

Clinical Assistant Professor, College of Allied Health, OU-HSC

Michele DeBerry is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the College of Allied Health at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, the director the Oklahoma Autism Network, and director of the Lee Mitchener Tolbert Center for Developmental Disabilities. She is a current doctoral candidate at the University of Oklahoma in the area of Education Administration, Curriculum, and Supervision. Over the course of Michele's 29-year career in speech pathology, school psychometry, and special education, she has enjoyed many diverse opportunities to work alongside various professional staff and partners in the community to serve the needs of individuals with disabilities.

Through her experiences working with many professional and community stakeholders, it is her goal to always strive to build consensus, understand diversity, and create respectful dynamics. Being an advocate for individuals with disabilities and their families is Michele’s passion. She enjoys serving as a resource for parents, general education and special education teachers, related service providers, school district administrators, and evaluation and eligibility teams.

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