Speaking Style

CK Consulting founder, Cynthia Kidder, parlays her experiences, unique humor and gifted storytelling skills into passionate, inspiring, action-oriented presentations on the following topics:

Speaking Topics

Beyond the Law: Moving from Legal Mandates to Corporate Reality

How to effectively include persons with disabilities in your work environment. Includes recruiting, interviewing and retaining strategies. Identifies creative approaches; recognizes the power of innovation in problem solving; moves beyond words to constructive, positive action.

Overcoming Challenges: Using Deficits to Define Strengths

Persons with disabilities have had to overcome deficits most of their lives. Whether mobility, speech, sight or cognition is compromised, the individual has developed a unique set of compensatory skills to succeed in a world which measures success in a very consistent fashion. Learn to recognize and maximize each person’s unique skill set to improve performance for the entire organization.

Making Inclusion Work for Districts and Parents: Positive Steps Towards Implementation

As an advocate for children and teachers for nearly two decades, Ms. Kidder has worked with both school districts and parents to successfully facilitate a greater understanding of the synergies between families and educators. In this half day program, CK Consulting helps define plans and strategies that move both forward.

Through an interactive presentation, parents and teachers explore the challenges and benefits of including a student with a disability in a general education classroom. Parents and professionals come away with practical answers to commonly raised questions. Educators are given specific, practical examples of curriculum modification. Please bring sample curriculum/assignments to work on for half-day session.

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