How did I get here?

Over the last several years friends and family have come to me asking for my professional opinion about the special education services that their child receives or how to get their child assistance. 

With much of my professional background in Special Education, I have worked with children who have many different disabilities. I have taught students with intellectual disabilities, autism, learning disabilities, speech and language disabilities, and behavioral disabilities.  As a teacher, I collaborated with general education teachers, psychologists, speech and language pathologists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, adapted teachers, and parents to ensure my students were getting what they needed. As a Special Education administrator, I worked with everyone in the school as well as parents to identify students needing services, ensure adequate services and propel students forward. As a program manager in teacher preparation programs, I recruit and train the next generation of teachers to thrive as educators.

 I graduated from the University of Virginia with a degree in Foreign Affairs and from Eastern University with a degree in Multicultural Education.     

My dream is to help fill in the gaps for parents who can then serve as their own advocates for students in need of additional services.  Because Special Education law is federal and applies to all 50 states, I believe online consulting has the farthest reach and is how I can help as many folks as possible.