Bring Dr. Emily to Keynote Your Event!

Dr. Emily speaks at conferences for educators, mental health providers, and businesses.

Get a feel for Dr. Emily’s perspective in the video!

If you’re a school administrator, conference organizer, or business leader who loves the idea of celebrating neurodiversity and supporting mental health, but you need some help presenting these ideas to others, I’m here for you!

You already know that the needs of kids, families, and educators can be complex, but you’re ready to learn more about how neurodiversity intersects mental health and how this impacts your staff or organization.

If you are excited about the opportunity to create a more inclusive community where we all better understand each other’s differences, keep reading.

Organizations That Have Learned with Dr. Emily

  • PBSNC

    PBS North Carolina

  • YouTube Kids

    YouTube Kids

  • Fidelity Investments

    Fidelity Investments

  • Wisconsin DPI

    Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

  • WCPSS

    Family & Community Engagement Summit

  • NCAIS

    NC Association of Independent Schools

  • UNC FPG

    International Early Childhood Inclusion Institute

  • Wake PTA Council

    Wake PTA Council

Speaking Topics

Striking a Balance Between Providing Support & Fostering Independence

FOR PARENTS: Dr. Emily will walk you through how anxiety impacts learning and independence for neurodivergent children and teens. She will explain why focusing on the developmental skill level of our kids, rather than their chronological age is so important when figuring out how to support them and when to step back. You will leave this workshop with more confidence in understanding your child's needs.

Understanding ADHD & Its Impact on Learning

FOR BOTH: Parents & teachers will learn about the brain science behind ADHD, characteristics of all three types of ADHD, and how to differentiate ADHD from giftedness, learning disabilities, anxiety, and autism. You will leave with a better understanding of how a child’s distractibility, hyperactivity, and working memory impact learning with the goal of helping kids and teens reach their potential.

Effective Collaboration with Parents of Neurodivergent Students

FOR EDUCATORS: Collaborating effectively with parents is one of the most powerful tools a school administrator has to promote student success. In this session, administrators will come to better understand student behaviors related to diagnoses of ADHD, autism, and/or learning differences and how to effectively engage in collaborative conversations with parents that balance high expectations while also honoring the individual needs of students. 

How Anxiety Impacts the Learning of Neurodivergent Students & How to Help

FOR EDUCATORS: Many neurodivergent students have asynchronous profiles which means that they may be gifted in one area but struggle in another. This leads to a higher level of anxiety when learning compared to their neurotypical peers. Dr. Emily will walk you through understanding how variability within a child’s cognitive, memory, language, and sensorimotor development can impact their emotional regulation, executive functioning, and academic achievement. You will learn how to spot, prevent, and respond to anxiety in your students and help them emotionally regulate in order to ready their body and brain for learning. 

Increasing Motivation to Learn in Twice-exceptional Autistic Students

FOR BOTH: Many autistic students are motivated to learn if their interests align with the activity, but they may struggle to get started or remain engaged when the assignment doesn’t feel relevant to them. Dr. Emily will walk us through understanding the potential variability in a student’s profile that can lead a gifted autistic student to struggle with remaining emotionally regulated due to the executive functioning demands of academic tasks. You will learn how to spot, prevent, and respond to students struggling with maintaining engagement with learning and how to help them stay connected and motivated.

 Parenting in the Age of Anxiety

FOR PARENTS: Dr. Emily will explain where anxiety comes from and why everyone seems to have more of it these days–including our kids. Learn how anxiety shows up across a child’s development, when to be concerned, and how to seek help. Better understand how our own anxiety impacts our kids and how to reduce stress for the whole family. Learn strategies to help our kids and teens better regulate their emotions and build resilience in a world where the newsreels never stop.

 Meet Dr. Emily

I’m Dr. Emily, child psychologist and former school psychologist and parent, and I’m here to help you!

As a girl growing up in North Carolina, I always wanted to be a teacher. I really loved school. School supplies gave me a thrill and as long as I had an organized pencil box and my Trapper Keeper was in order, life was good. I loved school so much that after college I immediately entered graduate school to pursue a Ph.D. in School Psychology. At some point along the way, my passions evolved from teaching all students to helping those who struggle to learn within our traditional education system, especially when it comes to figuring out where behavior comes from and how it interferes with learning. 

Over the last 20 years, I have seen student learning patterns become even more diverse in addition to an added awareness of the trauma kids’ experience and their mental health needs. Standardized education just does not fit the unique learning patterns of every students. I am incredibly passionate about helping parents and educators come together to support our neurodivergent kids who are growing up in a world that wasn’t built for them.

We all agree that there are systemic barriers we cannot change overnight. What we can do is better understand the needs of neurodiverse learners and the relationships we create with them every day to help them access their education and the opportunities in their community.

We can create change from the bottom-up as we understand, nurture, and celebrate all learners, not just the ones who fit the mold. 

Conference Speaking Rates

(not including travel)

Have Questions? I Have Answers!

  • Dr. Emily resides and works in Raleigh, North Carolina and is available for in-person speaking in the surrounding areas. For more details on having Dr. Emily travel to you in-person, contact Dr. Emily’s team at speaking@learnwithdremily.com.

  • Yes! Dr. Emily is currently available for for virtual speaking all over the world. There are some limitations for live trainings due to time zones. Dr. Emily presents live in EST (New York) and only for one hour.

  • I recognize that funding in education is a tricky endeavor. Sometimes school administrators budget for my speaking and sometimes parent groups fund my appearances on behalf of teachers.

  • Dr. Emily’s speaking engagements are not recorded.