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Celebrating Our New Neurodiversity and Inclusion Certificate Recipients

VT-HEC is proud to celebrate the graduates who have completed the Neurodiversity and Inclusion Certificate Program this year. These professionals brought a remarkable breadth of experience and insight to this important work, with a range of backgrounds including early childhood education, special education, and speech-language pathology. Each one of them, through their application work, modeling of affirming practices, and commitment to dismantling unnecessary barriers to access, has already made a tangible impact within the school communities they serve.

Congratulations to our graduates:
Toni Sullivan, Kaitlin Baraw-Nelson, Kristin Radloff, Brenda Atwater, and Megan Seidner!

What our students had to say:

  • “This program was so impactful in shifting my perspective on how to support neurodivergent individuals. [We’re] looking at how we can create a culture of support from families to schools to communities, rather than singling out individuals. I look forward to continuing to embed what I have learned in my practice and sharing it with others.”
  • “The Neurodiversity and Inclusion certificate program has been rewarding and insightful. I have enjoyed getting to connect with other educators across the state. The course instructors made the program a valuable and memorable experience. I have appreciated that the structure of the courses are designed to accommodate educators and other working professionals.”
  • “This program has been extremely pivotal for me as an SLP, a mother, and an overall human who supports and loves others. I was introduced to these courses at a time in my career when I was stuck and feeling resistance in my practice and skills for self as well as impact. It has been a hard but rewarding shift in my thinking and practice and I’m very grateful.”

Congratulations to this year’s graduates! VT-HEC is proud of the work you’ve done and excited to see the impact you’ll have on education, and on inclusive practice more broadly, within and beyond Vermont.