An Innovative Support Program for Neurodivergent College Students, with Nina Schiarizzi-Tobin and Vanessa Harwood
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we have some exciting new information coming forth from AEP Connections, our partners. So if you are looking to learn more about executive function supports in a creative hands-on way, AEP Connections has a brand new course designed by Sarah Ward, and it's a spin on a make and take course that will occur over four sessions, providing feedback and answer questions that you come up with as you implement strategies in real time. They also have two dyslexia courses forthcoming, and that will be a live focus on assessment and co-occurring needs and share some of the best practices on how to support dyslexic students. Another course will be an on-demand course where you will learn what you learned in the first course and dive into strategies.
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Hi, I'm Dr. Barry Prezant, clinical scholar, researcher, and consultant on autism and neurodiversity, and a Brooklyn boy raised in the big city. And
I'm Dave. I'm none of those things, and I grew up on a farm in Illinois. But being on the spectrum myself, I have plenty of personal insight to lend. And this is
Uniquely Human, the podcast, a show that illuminates and celebrates autism and neurodiversity.
Today on Uniquely Human, the podcast, Dave and I are very, very excited to have two guests who are also my relatively new colleagues at the University of Rhode Island. And that is Vanessa Harwood and Nina Charizzi-Tobin. Welcome, Nina and Vanessa.
Hello. Thank you so much for having us, Barry.
We're ready to learn a lot. I mean, it really is our pleasure. So a little bit more specific information about each of you. Nina is a proud neurodivergent educator with nearly 25 years of experience in teaching, curriculum design, policy formation, and program development. She is the Assistant Director of Disability Access and Inclusion at the University of Rhode Island. And let me just say then that's where my adjunct appointment is. The public university that is highest ranked in all of new england yay and she is also a team member of the start program that supports neurodivergent students as they begin their college journey and we're going to be digging in on that nina oversees neurodivergent programming providing training and consultation on teaching practices disability rights transition planning and inclusion
And Nina says she loves working with students and empowering them and her colleagues to promote inclusion, representation, and visibility in our shared communities. Vanessa. Vanessa is an associate professor in the Department of Communicative Disorders at the University of Rhode Island. Vanessa has several years of experience as a pediatric speech and language pathologist, working with a range of students, many of whom were neurodivergent. She completed her doctorate at the University of Connecticut in speech, language, and hearing sciences. And she's particularly interested in translational research aimed at improving diagnostic and therapeutic services for pediatric clinical populations. But more apropos to our discussion today, Vanessa is a proud member of the START program at University of Rhode Island, where she supports autistic students in their first year of college and beyond.
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