When your child needs support now, “just wait” isn’t good enough. Chris Cipriano, mom and developmental psychologist, helps parents of children with disabilities move from frustration and apology to confident advocacy. She shares with Amy Julia Becker how to:
- navigate waitlists
- work with teachers and providers as partners, not opponents
- see disability as a different vantage point and a source of value
Discover how an asset-based mindset can help you advocate for your child and create change that benefits every family.
00:00 Introduction to Chris Cipriano
02:19 The Concept of Being Unapologetically Impatient
06:32 Reframing Disability: A Different Vantage Point
09:37 Navigating Waitlists and Access to Services
14:31 Building Community and Collaboration
21:07 From Reaction to Prevention: A Mindset Shift
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ABOUT:
Christina Cipriano, PhD, is the inaugural Joseph W. and Alma W. Keilty Endowed Chair in Education and Professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where she directs the Education Collaboratory at the College of Education. Drawing on her decade of research at the Yale Child Study Center, where she maintains a secondary appointment, Dr. Cipriano's work advances inclusive and equitable social and emotional learning so all students are seen, served, and safe to learn, in schools worldwide.
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