Sara Sanders Gardner
Neurodiversity Cultural Responsiveness Training
- Role
- Neurodiversity Hiring Trainer Consultant at Microsoft
- Location
- Bellevue, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Sara Sanders Gardner
Designer and Director of Bellevue College\'s Neurodiversity Navigators (NdN) Program, Lead…
Experience
Neurodiversity Hiring Trainer Consultant
Sep 2015 — Present · Redmond, WA, US
Partnered with Microsoft to create and implement training curriculum in support of their Neurodiversity Hiring Program. Designed Neurodiversity In The Workplace content to include a social justice perspective that encompasses autistic communication in context, barriers faced by neurodivergent people, and a conversation about Disability and Neurodiversity as a Culture.Lead training sessions with prospective managers in preparation for hiring events in the US – discussing areas such as social justice model of disability, communication style, characteristics and accommodations.Lead training sessions with hiring manager and team peers of individuals hired through the Neurodiversity Hiring Program. Including its expansion from the Puget Sound into their Sunnyvale, CA office.
Education
California State University, Fullerton
ABA Certification, Autism Evidence Based Institute
2008 — 2009
University at Buffalo
English
1979 — 1982
ThinkKids; Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital
Certified Professional Trainer of the Collaborative Problem Solving method, Collaborative Problem Solving
2010 — 2020
Association of Title IX Administrators
Certificate
2020
Skills
- Coaching
- Mental Health
- Community Outreach
- Community Development
- Universal Design for Learning
- Curriculum Development
- Event Planning
- Higher Education
- Public Speaking
- Career Development
- Leadership Development
- Public Relations
- Research
- Grants
- Resume Writing
- Adolescents
- Educational Management
- Program Evaluation
- Nonprofit Organizations
- Nonprofits
- Adult Education
- Editing
- Program Development
- Management
- Staff Development
- Organizational Development
- Career Counseling
- Leadership
- Grant Writing
- Program Management
- Interventions
- Non-Profits
- Facilitation
- Adults
- Proposal Writing
- Teaching
- Volunteer Management
- Training
- Social Services
- Higher Education Policy
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