Lara Schaeffer Email & Phone Number

Charlottesville, VA, US

In this course uniquely designed for both autistic and non-autistic audiences, learn either what you need to know as a compassionate ally to autistic people, to validate your lived-experience with two late-identified autistic professionals, or to consider if someone close to you, or you yourself, may have an autistic neurotype.Lara took her extensive.

Creator and Editor of this valuable and unique resource for autistic people and those who are important in their lives. Subscribers can read and even contribute to entertaining and informative sections like: Nature Corner; Artists and Builders' Showcase; Job and Career Stories and Tips; Family Ties (multi-generational autism); LGBTQ+ Space; Animal Alley.

I mentor autistic individuals of all ages to help them develop positive and empowered outlooks for their current lives, as well as their futures, by troubleshooting particular challenges and acknowledging and celebrating areas of strength. In these ways, we work together to increase the fulfillment and decrease the stress and trauma in their daily.

I offer one-to-one sessions based on the PEERS curriculum out of University of California, Los Angeles. I take the best of this evidence-based program, tailored separately to both adolescents and young adults, and further customize it to each young person. Sessions are based on each person's interest level and motivation for improving conversational skills.

I was invited to join the advisory board for the NYC Regional Center for Autism/ASD (RCASD) in 2019. This Center is run out of New York University, funded by New York State, and serves the wide population of all five New York City boroughs as well as all of Long Island.

**Moderator of the North American and Caribbean Panel at the United Nation's worldwide program for World Autism Awareness Day (04/2024)**Keynote Speaker: "Changing a Broken System: The Worldwide Need for Guided Self-Assessment for Autism in Adults" at IDIAS Global Congress in celebration of International Women's Day (Paris, 03/2024)**Speaker: "The Vital.

My twenty-eight total years as a high school English teacher at New York Metropolitan Area independent schools greatly informed the nuances of my advising, coaching, and communication skills. In these years I enjoyed many roles as a mentor and support figure.

While leading a department of six teachers, I actively sought opportunities to help influence change for the better through my daily interactions and ongoing relationships with students, parents, faculty, and administration.

New York, New York, United States

New York, New York, United States

Allan K. Smith Center For Writing And Rhetoric

Semester-long appointment by professor in course I had previously taken.

M.Ed. (Master'S In Education)

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, English Language And Literature, General, Phi Beta Kappa

Education record

Autism Specialist credential earned September 2022