For conferences & events
Speaking & workshops
For audiences of eight or eight hundred. I do not do inspirational. I do specific.
1
Keynote
45–90 minutes. Sets the frame for a conference or opens a professional development day.
2
Workshop
Half or full day, with working time built in. Attendees leave having applied the material to their own caseloads.
3
Panel & podcast
Panels, interviews, and conversations on transition, outcomes, and what the field keeps getting wrong.
CEUs available for most sessions through an approved ACE provider.
Frequently requested
Talk topics
- What we teach matters as much as how we teach it
- Independence is more important than perfection
- Adulthood begins in preschool: why transition planning starts far too late
- Leisure and social skills as outcome variables, not enrichment
- Safety, self-advocacy, and dignity across the lifespan
- Ethics and goal selection
- What parents of adults wish they had known sooner
- Partnering with families instead of managing them
Despite how evidence-based your interventions are, teaching inconsequential skills well is really no better than teaching essential skills poorly. Peter F. Gerhardt
To book
Send the audience, the date, and roughly how long you need. I will tell you whether I am the right speaker for it.