Trainers

Rosemary Crossley, Facilitated Communication Master Trainer

Rosemary Crossley

Director, Anne McDonald Centre (formerly the DEAL Communication Centre) Services: Communication assessments, FC training, AAC equipment Email: dealcc@vicnet.net.au Phone: 61-3-9509 6324 Fax: 03 9509 6321 Address: Anne McDonald Centre. 538 Dandenong Road, Caulfield 3162 Victoria, Australia Rosemary Crossley has been director of DEAL Communication Centre in Melbourne since it opened in 1986. She has worked…

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Janna Woods, Facilitated Communication Master Trainer

Email: jannaw@pacbell.net Phone: 408-691-3649 Location: Silicon Valley, Northern CA (willing to travel) Janna Woods has over thirty years experience working with individuals challenged by a variety of labels. Currently, she serves those struggling to communicate by providing Facilitated Communication training to individual teams and larger groups. She also helps individuals target communication devices that suit…

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Rita Rubin, Facilitated Communication Master Trainer

Services: Consultations; Monthly workshops at Whittier Area Parents’ Association for the Developmentally Handicapped Email: brubin698@earthlink.net Phone/Fax: (562) 943-3335 Address: 8620 Portafino Place, Whittier, CA 90603 One of the pioneers in Facilitated Communication, Rita Rubin began working with her daughter Sue in 1991. Through continuous effort, ongoing contact with experts, and determination, Rita and Sue achieved…

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Carolyn Nuyens, Facilitated Communication Master Trainer

Email: CSNuyens@comcast.net Phone: 415-479-1800 Fax: 415-230-4695 Address: PO Box 429, Forest Knolls, CA 94933 Carolyn has worked in the field of Developmental Disabilities since 1978, working in residential, school and work settings with children and adults. Since 1990 she has focused her work and attention on people on the Autism Spectrum . At that same…

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Brady Miller-Wakeham, Facilitated Communication Master Trainer

Program Director, Whittier Area Parents’ Association for the Developmentally Handicapped (WAPADH) Email: Bmiller-wakeham@wapadh.com Phone: 562-946-0467 (Ext. 408) Address: 9300 Santa Fe Springs Road, Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670 Brady Miller-Wakeham began working with people with various communication impairments as a student in the early nineties. She received her BA from UC Santa Cruz, and her…

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Darlene Hanson, Facilitated Communication Master Trainer

Director of Communication Services, REACH SERVICES (Resource for Education, Advocacy, Communication, and Housing; formerly WAPADH) Services: Speech and Language, AAC, FC evaluations and therapy, FC and Communication Partners training Email: dghanson@mac.com Phone: (562) 946-0467 Address: 9300 Santa Fe Springs Road, Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670 Darlene Hanson has her Masters of Arts in Communication Disorders from…

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Christi Kasa-Hendrickson, Facilitated Communication Master Trainer

Services: Training on independent typing, research and method presentation, and strategies for typing in school Email: christikasa@me.com Phone: 719-255-4581 Address: University of Colorado, 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway, Colorado Springs, CO, 80918 Christi Kasa-Hendrickson, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Education at the University of Colorado. Her teaching, research, and consulting are guided…

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Mayer Shevin, Facilitated Communication Master Trainer

Email: info@shevin.org Location: Syracuse, NY Mayer Shevin received his Ph.D. in Psycholinguistics from the University of Rochester in 1976. In that setting, he worked with non-talking children and their families. He has worked as a psychologist at the Central Wisconsin Center; a faculty member in Special Education at Cleveland State University; and a teacher in…

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Rosa McAllister, Facilitated Communication Master Trainer

Services: Training & technical assistance in many topics, of which communication-related topics are certainly a major part, work in all forms of Assistive Technology with an emphasis on Augmentative/Alternative Communication, assessments for communication, training for supporters, teaching graduate courses on the topic of AT in inclusive classrooms. Email: rosam@networksfortraining.org Phone: 610-935-6624 Location: PA and HI…

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