A FREE 1-DAY SUMMIT
The Neuroaffirming IEP Summit
Learn how to navigate the Special Education process, IEPs, PDA & AAC, in a neuroaffirming way, in the school setting from some of the experts in the field.
Speakers and their Topics
Creating Neuroaffirming IEPS:
Key Components and Best Practices
Destiny Huff, MS, LPC
Neuroaffirming IEP Coach & Advocate and
Mental Health Therapist
Destiny Huff, MS, LPC, CPCS is a late-diagnosed Autistic-ADHD military spouse, doctoral candidate, and mother of two neurodivergent boys. She runs a private practice as a Licensed Professional Counselor and Certified Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapist (TF-CBT) in the Mental Health field. She also runs Destiny Huff Consulting. She is a Neuroaffirming Special Education Parent Advocate and IEP Coach who helps parents advocate for their neurodivergent learners at the IEP table and provides training on Autism, ADHD, and neuroaffirming practices to organizations.
From Assessment to Action: Enhancing Support for Neurodiverse Learners
Dr. Brandy Tanner
Psychologist & Advocate
Dr. Brandi Tanner is a Nationally Certified School Psychologist (NCSP) and former special educator with two decades of experience in her field. Dr. Brandi received elementary and special education degrees from West Virginia University and was awarded her Ph.D. in School Psychology from the University of South Florida.
Dr. Brandi worked in the public school setting for several years, giving her insider knowledge of special education rules and procedures. She founded Your IEP Source to educate and empower families seeking appropriate supports and services for students with disabilities.
Dr. Brandi uses her experience as a psychologist and educator to help IEP teams develop appropriate accommodations and intervention programs for students with disabilities. She provides resources and educational programs for parents to learn about the IEP and 504 process. She consults with schools, agencies, and professionals and provides training on effective collaboration at the IEP or 504 table.
Supporting Your PDA Learner in the IEP Process
Lisa Baskin Wright
IEP Coach
Lisa is a former teacher and parent to an autistic teen and supports families through the IEP process helping parents and caregivers feel more confident at the IEP table. Lisa takes a collaborative approach that focuses on getting curious about the child and what kind of an environment they need to thrive. She is neurodiversity affirming and centers the lived experience of the child.
In short, her approach is:
• Collaborative
• Neurodiversity-affirming
• Quality of life centered
• Learner-centered
• Accommodation (not compliance) focused
Supporting Your PDA Learner in the IEP Process
Jessica Hanzo, MA LMFT
Early Childhood Consultant and Therapist
Jessica Hanzo is an early childhood mental health consultant and therapist based in Oakland, CA committed to disrupting systems and challenging norms that frequently prevent us from meeting the needs of all children. She believes in supporting families, communities, and schools to think outside the box when traditional approaches aren't working. With a clinical focus on early childhood attachment, trauma, sensory integration, and consulting within the education system, she views all challenges within context. Jessica partners with children, families, and providers using a collaborative approach to cultivate environments of safety and support, because she understand that change and growth happen at a systems level.
Avoiding AAC Trauma
Tiffany "TJ" Joseph
Disability Advocate
Hi, I’m TJ, or Tiffany Joseph, creator of the social media platforms, Nigh Functioning Autism. I am a single mother of three neurodivergent teens. . We live and work in and around Maryland and Virginia, primarily in the Washington DC area.
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I am Autistic, diagnosed in my late teens. However, I was diagnosed with other conditions when I was in elementary school, like central auditory processing disorder and ADHD. I also have had epilepsy and OCD since I was a child. I am hard of hearing as well. As such, I use many ways to communicate like ASL, mouth words, high-tech AAC and other ways depending on how accessible my speech and memory is to me at the moment.
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I work in special education or more preferred, ‘accessible education’, as a paraeducator for elementary school. As well as a communication teacher/ partner to mostly teen and young adult Autistic nonspeakers.
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My passion in the disability space is communication and education rights for people of all disabilities. I specifically love teaching how to implement high-tech speech generating devices in schools and homes. I always say, I would have access to my own speech if I had text-based or high-tech speech generating strategies earlier in my life.
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I proudly sit on the board for Lilly’s Voice, a non-profit organization that provides high-tech speech generating devices for kids of all disabilities under age 18 in the United States. I am also a member of the Maryland Developmental Disabilities council, which is a federally funded, national organization in every state that sets the disability culture, policy, and laws in that state. If you are in the United States, please see about joining in your state.
All Access Pass!
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With the All-Access Pass you get:
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Access to recordings from the event
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$20 OFF the first month in Your IEP Source Membership - Click the link to learn more about it it: https://youriepsource.com/
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10% OFF Supporting PDA Learners: Centering Connection, Autonomy and Equality in the IEP Process - Click the link to learn more about it
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$25 OFF IEP Review with Destiny - Click the link to learn more about it
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Participation in the Raffle for Navigating PDA in America - Click to read about the book!
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