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My Mission

My mission at Uni-Diversity is to provide needs based and solution oriented services that support, accept and include all people as they are, through an approach focused on individualized independence, success and belonging.​

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Having been in the same career for over 25 years has allowed me to see common denominators and recurring issues that arise within the special needs, education and human services fields. Having spent this time working in various systemic environments, my desire to do something that genuinely addresses the challenges experienced within these fields gradually grew, until I decided to take the leap in 2020 and create Uni-Diversity.

 

I have combined my professional experience in the field with my personal experiences as a parent to neurodiverse children and as a caregiver to my father who has Alzheimer's, to develop my unique approach and services.

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Being in the position of parenting, caring, educating or supporting others can be quite complicated. Oftentimes, the people providing support (including parents, caregivers, as well as many professionals) can feel helpless or unequipped in certain situations and in identifying and meeting the needs of the person or people in their care.  Through no fault of their own, they can struggle with providing effective support and/or end up experiencing negative impacts to their own well-being.

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I believe that the individuality and dignity of the person requiring support is at the core of identifying and meeting needs, and my intention is to provide services that facilitate and increase the effectiveness of the supports that are provided to people with diverse needs throughout their life stages.

In practice, this looks like:

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  • no limit to the amount of hours of service that an individual or family requires

  • continuous research and investigation into meaningful resources

  • use of non-traditional systems and teaching methods that apply to neurodiverse minds, and are not based in compliance

  • focus on functional ability (real like skills,) personal gain, and actual independence of an individual, rather than production of performance based results

  • use of individualized application of tools, strategies and techniques

  • focus on finding solutions that will contirbute to long term success in addition to alleviating the immediate challenges

  • offer of a natural environment in which to learn

  • focus on effective services for all age groups and categories of needs, such as non-speaking individuals.

A girl and a woman are climbing on a play structure at the park.
A girl has slime dripping off her fingers. We see her smiling behind it.
Patient and Nurse
A child is sitting at a table that has a painting on it, and she is smiling up at the camera.
A woman is looking over a small child`s shoulder.
A child is jumping high with their arms up and a smile.
A girl is riding a tricycle. There are ball launchers and red balls all over the ground in the backg
Two children are wearing rainboots, stepping in and touching some puddles.
A boy is smiling large while he is holding a toy airplane. He is outside and he is running.
Two children are splashing in the water.
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Two children are standing outside and it is snowing. One child is catching flakes with their hands a
A boy is sitting in a large body of water and playing with a toy boat.
Two girls are sitting on the floor with a man. One girl and the man are looking at a computer screen
A boy and girl are looking at toy elephants that are on the table in front of them.
A small child is playing with a train set.
A boy is throwing a soccer ball in the air and a woman, a man, and a girl are watching him.
A boy is playing a guitar and a girl is watching him and clapping her hands.
My mission

I strive to genuinely address the need for support and solutions

by offering outside-of-the-box services based entirely on specific needs.

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My approach has been developed specifically to ensure individualization in each situation. I intend to offer an effective and change-inducing service that builds understanding as well as skills, for both the supporter and the individual requiring support. This means focusing on providing the necessary theoretical knowledge, coaching, and hands-on experiences specific to all implicated individuals within each distinct environmental structure, culture and belief system.

 

I IMMERSE MYSELF IN YOUR EXPERIENCE, SEEK INFORMATION AND AIM TO FULLY UNDERSTAND

WHAT YOUR REALITY IS AND THEN DIRECTLY TAILOR MY INTERVENTIONS TO YOU.

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I address individual needs through my personal holistic approach, including techniques and strategies based in my understanding of various models including but not limited to;

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In my 25 years of experience, I have seen that there is not one single approach that works; instead, it is most effective to adapt this combined knowledge to each individual’s personal perception and needs, using basic humanity as the starting point.

A woman is seen smiling while she is hugging a boy. We see the back of the boy`s head.
Comforting Hands
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