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Jennifer Damian

Jennifer is a neurodivergent educator, advocate, public speaker, and writer who focuses on special education and autism awareness. She is a certified Independent Facilitator for Self Determination Plans in California and assists families throughout the entire state in creating their Person Centered Plan (PCP). Her strengths include putting complex words into accessible language and assisting Regional Center consumers in maintaining or making necessary changes in their plans in order to access their hopes, dreams, and lives in the home and community. Jennifer is the mother of an adult son with ASD who is a university student and video game designer/artist. She has over 30 years of working in the special needs and disabilities communities in the US and internationally as an educator, mentor, coach, and advocate. Trained as a classical musician, she worked in the music industry for decades before making a lateral move towards working in special education and advocacy, giving voi

Services Provided

  • Person Centered Plan (PCP) Development
  • Individual Program Plan (IPP)
  • Ongoing Independent Facilitation
  • Spending Plan Development
  • Individual Budget Support

Regional Centers

  • Inland
  • Tri Counties
  • Harbor
  • San Gabriel/Pomona
  • South Central LA
  • North LA County
  • Eastern LA
  • Westside
  • Frank Lanterman

Languages Supported

  • Tagalog

Qualifications, training and certificates

* Self-Determination Independent Facilitator Basic Training Autism Society of Los Angeles *Autism Movement Therapy - Certified Instructor Level 1 Los Angeles, CA/London, UK *Orientation to Floortime™Orientation to Floortime™ Professional Child Development Associates *More Than Words® - The Hanen Program® for Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder or Social Communication Difficulties *The Hanen Program® for Parents of Children with Language Delays *Secondary Education Credential Secondary Education Credential State of Massachusetts *Secondary Education Credential State of California *PG Cert SEN (Special Educational Needs), UK (in progress), Bradford College, Yorkshire UK
Independent facilitator trained: