Nurturing Wellness for Parents of Children with Disabilities with Kheya Ganguly – Director of Trauma Prevention and Resilience Development at the State of Vermont Agency of Human Services (11/14/24)
Health Literacy: Making Communication More Understandable and Accessible with Chrissy Keating – UVM Health Network (UVMHN) Health Literacy Specialist (6/13/24)
Sharing Information with Siblings with Emily Holl – Director of the Sibling Support Project and a panel of parents and siblings (5/14/24)
Supports and Services for Children with Combined Vision and Hearing Loss and Their Families: An Overview of the New England Consortium on Deafblindness (NEC) with Tracy Luiselli – Director, Helene Gallagher – Vermont Education Consultant, Brenda Allair – Lead Educational Consultant, and Kristen Layton Campagna – Senior Consultant, all from the NEC (1/25/24)
Working with First Responders – What Families Should Know with Kristin Chandler – Coordinator of Team Two, Deputy Chief of Police Sean Briscoe for the City of South Burlington, and Nick Perkov – Captain/Paramedic for the City of South Burlington Fire Department (11/16/23)
How To Become Your Own Best Advocate with Alexina Federhen, Self-Advocate, Graduate of Cornell University, Creator of the non-profit “The Feel Better Way,” and former Miss Vermont 2022 (10/3/2023)
HireAbility VT Services for Youth with Hearing Loss – Core Transition Services and Regional Counselor for the Deaf Services with Kate Parrish – Coordinator and Counselor of Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard of Hearing Services, Joey Dutson – Vocational Counselor for the Deaf, DeafBlind and of Hearing and Kara Haynes – Transition Program Manager all from HireAbility VT.
Services for Children who are Blind or Visually Impaired – What can VABVI provide for My Child? with Stephanie Bissonette – VABVI Director of Children Services and Taya Tarr – Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor with the VT Division for the Blind and Visually Impaired. (2/8/23)
Regulating at Home with Natalie Mannherz, pediatric occupational therapist. (12/7/22)
Protecting and Empowering our Children and Youth with Autism Through Kidpower with Laura Slesar is the Center Director for Kidpower Vermont (10/20/2022)
Self-Advocacy in Transition Planning with Tara Howe – HireAbility Transition Program Manager, Dr. Sefakor Komabu-Pomeyie – VCIL Independent Living Coordinator and Martha Frank – VFN Family Support Consultant- Education (5/26/22)
The Vermont Assistive Technology Program: An Overview and Feature on Sensory Tools with Phillip Seiler, VATP Program Director and Quinby McLellan, VATP AT Specialist (3/17/22)
Advocacy 101 – Basic Training on Effective Advocacy for Change with Robyn Freedner-Maguire from RFM Strategies (3/2/22)
How Families and Providers Can Access Resources Through VT 211 and Help Me Grow VT (11/3/21)
Building on What’s Important Through the Pandemic: Derek’s Story Using Charting the LifeCourse – 2021 VFN Conference workshop (4/9/21)
A Child’s Team Huddle: The Care Conference – 2021 VFN Conference workshop (4/9/21)
Life, Love and Awesomeness: The Impact and Implications of Language – 2021 VFN Conference Keynote – Rachel Callander (4/8/21)
Wordless Humor & the Element of Surprise to Increase Connection with Older Kids & Tweens (9/21/20)
Person-Centered Thinking for Families (5/9/18)
Communication Styles (6/15/16)
Trusting Family Partnerships in Inclusive Education: Lessons from the Field (5/13/15)