Inclusion expert for schools
Support that truly changes your school
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Create a solid plan to up your inclusion game
Empower your school
It turns out inclusion is easier
said than done!
Expanding our program to serve a more diverse range of learners seems out of reach.
Developing a sustainable and effective long-term strategy for our learning support services is a challenge.
Our current approach to learning support services lacks integration and collaboration.
While we highly value the contributions of our teaching assistants, finding time to provide this training is a challenge.
Let’s turn those pain points into positive outcomes
Build Inclusion Capacity
Build a Sustainable
Strategy
Take a Closer Look
Train Teaching Assistants
"April’s sessions are well thought out with a clear vision and expected outcome for each session. She provides the right balance between consultancy and inviting participants to identify their own solutions.
April meets her workshop participants in a calm and friendly manner and demonstrates a great ability to listen, be flexible and open-minded, thus embracing the input, ideas and different needs of the group."
Your inclusion guide
Hi, I'm April!
At the age of 8, I had a teacher who didn't understand my gifts and would send me to work with students who had intensive needs. Though it was meant as punishment, it sparked my passion for supporting individuals with diverse abilities.
Over the course of 20 years teaching, I developed strategies for creating a more inclusive and equitable learning environment for all students.
In 2018, I dedicated myself fully to advancing inclusion in schools and advocating for neurodiverse students.
Today, I partner with top schools and organizations to enhance their inclusion practices, and I am a sought-after speaker at prominent disability inclusion conferences around the world.
How I work
Schedule a chat
Create a solid plan
Empower your school
Knowledge
Teaching Assistant Support
Professional development is readily available for teachers, but teaching assistants rarely have structured development opportunities.
- Consistent onboarding process
- 10-hours of online training
- Bespoke evaluation program
Improvement
Professional Development
Keep your teaching skills and knowledge up to date with engaging and interactive PD.
- Co-Teaching
- Transitions
- Differentiation Best Practices
- Executive Functioning Skills
- UDL supports SEL
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School-wide Audit through a disability inclusive lens
Inclusive Practices School Audit
The REC team is able to review your school's programs and services through a disability inclusive lens. The audit includes:
- Examination of written program policies and procedures
- Interviews with employees and focus groups
- Interviews with parents and service users
- Observations of programs and services
- Key findings and recommendations presented to illuminate a clear path forward
Trusted by organizations worldwide to tackle inclusion
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"If you can figure out any way to incorporate April into your professional and personal life, do it. Professionally she is knowledgeable, prepared, measured, and collaborative. I brought April in to work with a few of my teams and she made a profound impact on our organization. Personally she is kind, relatable, and positive. I feel as though I've been able to get to know April well through our work and feel honored to call her a friend. Simply put, April is a FORCE in the education world and specifically in inclusion and special education work. She is easy to work with and if you partner with her, you will most certainly not regret it."
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Cape Henry Collegiate
"April is excellent at meeting parents and schools where they are and determining a palette of next steps to support students moving forward. She is a sharp listener and an efficient communicator. As a parent client, it is appreciated that she is highly invested in the most current information to be able to support families at the lowest cost possible, by maintaining well organised information and a network of contacts at her fingertips. April presents as a super professional with a calm, and steady voice. Beneath April’s steadfast calm, parent-clients should have no doubt that April brings the tenacity of a warrior to advocating for your family. As an ally to improving the outcomes for students with additional needs, April has both the fire and multifaceted skills of knowing how to communicate well with all parties involved to get the best results."
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