Bring Dr. Emily to Your School

Dr. Emily provides in-person professional development for pre-K through 8th grade educators

See what’s it’s all about in the video!

If you’re a school administrator who loves watching students thrive, but your teachers need more guidance to meet the needs of such a diverse group of learners, I’m here for you.

You’ve provided professional development to support an understanding of social-emotional learning, but your teachers need more coaching on what to do when met with student behavior.

If you’re excited about the opportunity to create a school culture where your entire staff feels confident in supporting the neurodivergent needs and mental wellness of all students, you’re in the right place!

 

What if I told you that every classroom is already a neurodiverse classroom?

 

Imagine if:

  • Your staff felt more competent in the emotional needs of students so they could identify and support a concern before it turns into a behavior that impacts learning

  • Your school staff understood the complex learning needs of all students and could help them access the curriculum in neuro-affirming ways

  • Your staff felt more confident in recognizing and responding to their own stress so that they could model emotional regulation for their students

  • Your staff understood why a student struggles with transitions or engages in power struggles and how to not only respond but to prevent these stressful moments from happening in the first place

  • Your staff knew how to establish trust and foster belonging in students so that they could take ownership of their learning

  • Your staff felt confident in collaborating with parents to better understand student needs to help students reach their goals

  • Every classroom in your school became the safest place for students to ask for help, take risks, and thrive in their learning journey

What People Are Saying

“Dr. Emily’s training did not feel like a training but a sharing of necessary information with a friend or colleague.”

— Regular Education Teacher

“This training provided valuable, informative information that will help us better understand the thinking and functioning of the children we find challenging.”

— Regular Education Teacher

“This training takes a deep dive into behavior and how students respond. Topics presented needed to be heard by all teachers, support staff, and administration.”

— Special Education Teacher

“Dr. Emily is so relatable and appreciative of educators. She sees and understands the struggles and provides relevant connections to support our work.”

— Media Specialist

Schools That Have Learned with Dr. Emily

  • Washington GT Magnet Elementary

    Raleigh, North Carolina

  • White Memorial Weekday School

    Raleigh, North Carolina

  • Underwood GT Magnet Elementary

    Raleigh, North Carolina

  • First Presbyterian Academy

    Greenville, South Carolina

  • Follow the Child Montessori

    Raleigh, North Carolina

  • Newtowne School

    Cambridge, Massachusetts

  • Double Eagle Elementary School

    Albuquerque, New Mexico

  • Hayes Barton United Methodist Preschool

    Raleigh, North Carolina

  • Middle Creek Elementary

    Apex, North Carolina

  • Solana Ranch Elementary

    San Diego, California

  • Magellan Charter School

    Raleigh, North Carolina

  • Solana Highlands Elementary

    San Diego, California

Step 1: Choose a Timeframe

For Schools (groups < 100)

  • 1-HourTraining $500

  • Half-Day (3hrs) $1,500

  • Full-Day (6hrs) $3,000

For Districts (groups > 100)

  • 1-HourTraining $1,000

  • Half-Day (3hrs) $3,000

  • Full-Day (6hrs) $5,000

Step 2: Choose Your Topic(s)

(each topic is one hour including Q&A)

UNDERSTANDING NEURODIVERGENCE

Gain an understanding of how a child’s cognitive, memory, and language skills as well as their sensorimotor development impact their classroom behavior, executive functioning, and academic achievement.

HOW ANXIETY

IMPACTS LEARNING

Learn how to spot, prevent, and respond to student anxiety, sadness, and anger, identify what trauma can look like, and help students emotionally regulate in order to ready their body and brain for new learning.

EDUCATOR

MENTAL WELLNESS

Become more aware of your own body’s stress response as an educator, identify your triggers in the classroom, and learn how to strengthen your own resilience in order to ready yourself for co-regulation with your students.

BUILDING TRUST WITH STUDENTS & PARENTS

Learn how to establish and maintain trust with students and effectively collaborate with their parents. I will walk you through tricky (but common) scenarios, such as school or work refusal or accusations from parents, and give you examples of what to say and how to respond.

CREATING AN INCLUSIVE CLASSROOM

Learn all my favorite strategies for building a neurodiverse classroom community including helping student understand each other’s differences, student jobs, teaching leadership through strengths, how to use a safe place, and the best way to track behavior goals.

PREVENTING & RESPONDING TO STUDENT BEHAVIOR

Learn what to say and what to do when behavior happens to reduce student’s stress and increase engagement, provide accommodations to help students access the standardized curriculum, and strike a balance between providing support and fostering independence as students grow.

Step 3: Send my team an email!

Have Questions? I Have Answers!

  • Yes! Dr. Emily is currently available for for virtual trainings all over the world. There are some limitations for live trainings due to time zones. Dr. Emily presents live in EST (New York).

    Currently, virtual trainings are limited to one hour. Many schools and districts choose to invest in Dr. Emily’s full training on-demand (6 hrs) and schedule a live Consultation Q&A for staff. More info about scheduling the on-demand course + LIVE consultation bundle here.

  • Approval of professional development for teachers varies by school and district. Dr. Emily provides signed certificates to those in attendance if needed to verify completion of attendance at a training.

  • I recognize that funding in education is a tricky endeavor. Sometimes school administrators budget for my trainings and sometimes parent groups fund my trainings on behalf of teachers.

  • While the ideas Dr. Emily presents can be applied across the developmental range, presentations are currently designed for teachers of pre-Kindergarten through 8th grade.

  • In order to protect the privacy of school staff, students and family situations potentially discussed during the Q&A portion of training, virtual events are not recorded. Slides are made available to school teams to review for 30 days after each presentation.

 Meet Dr. Emily

I’m Dr. Emily, child psychologist and former school psychologist, and I’m here to help you!

As a girl growing up in North Carolina, I always wanted to be a teacher. I really loved school. School supplies gave me a thrill and as long as I had an organized pencil box and my Trapper Keeper was in order, life was good. I loved school so much that after college I immediately entered graduate school to pursue a Ph.D. in School Psychology. At some point along the way, my passions evolved from teaching all students to helping those who struggle to learn within our traditional education system, especially when it comes to figuring out where behavior comes from and how it interferes with learning. 

Over the last 20 years, I have seen student learning patterns become even more diverse in addition to an added awareness of the trauma kids’ experience and their mental health needs. Standardized education just does not fit the unique learning patterns of all students. Yet, you are asked to educate everyone without the necessary training in child developmental and mental health. 

We all agree that there are systemic barriers we cannot change overnight. What we can do is better understand the needs of neurodiverse learners and the relationships we create with them every day to help them access their education.

We can create change from the bottom-up as we understand, nurture, and celebrate all learners, not just the ones who fit the mold. 

Together, we are going to merge my knowledge of child psychology with your knowledge of education so that you can help spark learning for every student.

Your school is filled with passionate educators who are committed to their students…

…it’s just time for them to have all the information needed to connect with students in order to build a classroom community where students feel safe, nurtured, and celebrated. 

When I work with educators, we collaboratively merge my knowledge of child psychology, neurodivergence, and mental health with the challenges your school staff faces every day in order to provide solutions they can implement tomorrow.

When educators gain a better understanding of the neurodiverse needs of students, they will feel connected and engaged in student learning.

Imagine watching students feel safe enough to take risks, advocate for what they need, and take ownership of their education.

There is no better time to invest in your students, your teachers, and your school community.

What People Are Saying

“This training provided valuable, informative information that will help us better understand the thinking and functioning of the children we find challenging.”

— Regular Education Teacher

“Dr. Emily’s trainings are like social-emotional learning meets academic needs so that all students have the opportunity to learn based on what they need. She provides strategies to help educators take care of their own mental health and their students by creating safe, calm spaces to teach and learn.”

— Regular Education Teacher