workshops & presentations


Connecting the worlds of same and different, DisabilitiesUnderstood seeks to promote understanding, educate the non-disabled, and share resources for the disabled and non-disabled alike. To this end, John is an effective keynote speaker for assemblies, conferences, diversity days, and retreats.

John has presented workshops in many parts of the country, often specifically focusing on disability and diversity. A sample of past workshops includes:

  • Learning Disabilities and Teacher Bias (New York Association of Independent Schools)
  • Using Cross-Cultural Teaching Strategies for Students with Disabilities (New England Teachers Conference)
  • Declarations of Interdependence: Disability as a Case for Doing Diversity Right (Association of Independent Schools of New England; National Association of Independent Schools)
  • Strategic Diversity Planning (Independent School Management; NC Association of Independent Schools)
  • Open Wider the Doors (NAIS Equity Summit)
  • Disability: The Realities and Promise of Inclusion (NAIS Annual Conference; NC Association of Independent Schools' Business Officers Conference)

John has also served as a guest lecturer for graduate and undergraduate students in education courses that cover disability, intersectionality, anti-bias, and multiculturalism in the classroom.

 

A partial list of institutions where John has presented or served as a consultant:

Central Connecticut State University

Connecticut College

University of Virginia (School of Education)

Chelmsford Public Library (MA)

MITRE Corporation (MA)

The Governor's Academy (MA)

Cary Academy (NC)

Friends School of Baltimore (MD)

Gilman School (MD)

Park School (MA)

Trinity Episcopal School (NC)

BB&N School (MA)

Rocky Hill School (RI)

Fenn School (MA)

Derryfield School (NH)

Fessenden School (MA)

McLean School (MD)

Calhoun School (NY)

Georgetown Day School (DC)

St. Andrew's School (MD)

St. Albans School (DC)

St. Bartholomew's School (MD)

The Rivers School (MA)

Belmont Day School (MA)

Nashoba Brooks School (MA)

Middlesex School (MA)