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Jess Tuff

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
186 total appearances

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Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jess Tuff: Empowering Autism Acceptance Through Advocacy and Empathy โ€“ A Mother's Journey in Special Education and Mental Health

Yeah, no, thanks for asking.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jess Tuff: Empowering Autism Acceptance Through Advocacy and Empathy โ€“ A Mother's Journey in Special Education and Mental Health

Yeah, no, thanks for asking.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jess Tuff: Empowering Autism Acceptance Through Advocacy and Empathy โ€“ A Mother's Journey in Special Education and Mental Health

Yeah, no, thanks for asking.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jess Tuff: Empowering Autism Acceptance Through Advocacy and Empathy โ€“ A Mother's Journey in Special Education and Mental Health

I work in a school in special education. I work primarily between the high needs autism room, where some people are like non, there's about five or six kids in there right now. They could be nonverbal, have sensory issues to children that are on the spectrum, but they're in the gen ed classrooms.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jess Tuff: Empowering Autism Acceptance Through Advocacy and Empathy โ€“ A Mother's Journey in Special Education and Mental Health

I work in a school in special education. I work primarily between the high needs autism room, where some people are like non, there's about five or six kids in there right now. They could be nonverbal, have sensory issues to children that are on the spectrum, but they're in the gen ed classrooms.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jess Tuff: Empowering Autism Acceptance Through Advocacy and Empathy โ€“ A Mother's Journey in Special Education and Mental Health

I work in a school in special education. I work primarily between the high needs autism room, where some people are like non, there's about five or six kids in there right now. They could be nonverbal, have sensory issues to children that are on the spectrum, but they're in the gen ed classrooms.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jess Tuff: Empowering Autism Acceptance Through Advocacy and Empathy โ€“ A Mother's Journey in Special Education and Mental Health

So I go individually with them to their classroom to help support them academically, emotionally, socially, to help them integrate. oh that's nice how long have you been doing this this is my second year at the school my career was in early childhood development i used to direct child care centers i did that for 15 years and started a substitute teaching company for that center the problem was

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jess Tuff: Empowering Autism Acceptance Through Advocacy and Empathy โ€“ A Mother's Journey in Special Education and Mental Health

So I go individually with them to their classroom to help support them academically, emotionally, socially, to help them integrate. oh that's nice how long have you been doing this this is my second year at the school my career was in early childhood development i used to direct child care centers i did that for 15 years and started a substitute teaching company for that center the problem was

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jess Tuff: Empowering Autism Acceptance Through Advocacy and Empathy โ€“ A Mother's Journey in Special Education and Mental Health

So I go individually with them to their classroom to help support them academically, emotionally, socially, to help them integrate. oh that's nice how long have you been doing this this is my second year at the school my career was in early childhood development i used to direct child care centers i did that for 15 years and started a substitute teaching company for that center the problem was

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jess Tuff: Empowering Autism Acceptance Through Advocacy and Empathy โ€“ A Mother's Journey in Special Education and Mental Health

that it was hard to keep it staffed at certain times of the year. Other times, you would have an abundance of people, but there was times of the year where you had no one, and you can't be open without being in ratio with staffed children. So I...

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jess Tuff: Empowering Autism Acceptance Through Advocacy and Empathy โ€“ A Mother's Journey in Special Education and Mental Health

that it was hard to keep it staffed at certain times of the year. Other times, you would have an abundance of people, but there was times of the year where you had no one, and you can't be open without being in ratio with staffed children. So I...

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jess Tuff: Empowering Autism Acceptance Through Advocacy and Empathy โ€“ A Mother's Journey in Special Education and Mental Health

that it was hard to keep it staffed at certain times of the year. Other times, you would have an abundance of people, but there was times of the year where you had no one, and you can't be open without being in ratio with staffed children. So I...

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jess Tuff: Empowering Autism Acceptance Through Advocacy and Empathy โ€“ A Mother's Journey in Special Education and Mental Health

would interview, hire, train, and then I would direct the substitute teachers based on their qualifications between centers based on the needs of the centers at that time. And then my daughters went into school district. So I quit my career and decided I was going to start my own business because I was running other people's businesses for so long. I knew how to do it.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jess Tuff: Empowering Autism Acceptance Through Advocacy and Empathy โ€“ A Mother's Journey in Special Education and Mental Health

would interview, hire, train, and then I would direct the substitute teachers based on their qualifications between centers based on the needs of the centers at that time. And then my daughters went into school district. So I quit my career and decided I was going to start my own business because I was running other people's businesses for so long. I knew how to do it.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jess Tuff: Empowering Autism Acceptance Through Advocacy and Empathy โ€“ A Mother's Journey in Special Education and Mental Health

would interview, hire, train, and then I would direct the substitute teachers based on their qualifications between centers based on the needs of the centers at that time. And then my daughters went into school district. So I quit my career and decided I was going to start my own business because I was running other people's businesses for so long. I knew how to do it.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jess Tuff: Empowering Autism Acceptance Through Advocacy and Empathy โ€“ A Mother's Journey in Special Education and Mental Health

That was the fall of 2019 when I decided to do that. I was also nannying, so I was able to make it work and be there for my kids. Really got spoiled being able to be with them all the time, see all of their development as it unfolded, hear what was going on all the time. I believe that the small things make up the big things. If you can understand why something is happening, then you can fix it.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jess Tuff: Empowering Autism Acceptance Through Advocacy and Empathy โ€“ A Mother's Journey in Special Education and Mental Health

That was the fall of 2019 when I decided to do that. I was also nannying, so I was able to make it work and be there for my kids. Really got spoiled being able to be with them all the time, see all of their development as it unfolded, hear what was going on all the time. I believe that the small things make up the big things. If you can understand why something is happening, then you can fix it.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jess Tuff: Empowering Autism Acceptance Through Advocacy and Empathy โ€“ A Mother's Journey in Special Education and Mental Health

That was the fall of 2019 when I decided to do that. I was also nannying, so I was able to make it work and be there for my kids. Really got spoiled being able to be with them all the time, see all of their development as it unfolded, hear what was going on all the time. I believe that the small things make up the big things. If you can understand why something is happening, then you can fix it.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jess Tuff: Empowering Autism Acceptance Through Advocacy and Empathy โ€“ A Mother's Journey in Special Education and Mental Health

I got to really support my daughters a lot more than parents normally do. I knew my oldest daughter was a little bit unique. There's that weird thing when you're a parent. It doesn't matter if you're an expert in the field. You have a bias. So it's hard to trust your own judgment. I asked people, do you see anything I'm not seeing or is there anything I should be aware of?

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jess Tuff: Empowering Autism Acceptance Through Advocacy and Empathy โ€“ A Mother's Journey in Special Education and Mental Health

I got to really support my daughters a lot more than parents normally do. I knew my oldest daughter was a little bit unique. There's that weird thing when you're a parent. It doesn't matter if you're an expert in the field. You have a bias. So it's hard to trust your own judgment. I asked people, do you see anything I'm not seeing or is there anything I should be aware of?

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