Progress, Potential, and Possibilities Podcast / Show Dr. Tara Williams, Ph.D. - Founder, Innovative Collegiate Consultants, Inc. - Designing College Success for Neurodivergent Minds
Dr. Tara Williams, Ph.D. is the owner and founder of Innovative Collegiate Consultants, Inc. ( https://innovativecollegiateconsultants.com/ ), a consultancy that provides educational assistance and guides neurodivergent students to build academic confidence and independence through advocacy and personalized executive functioning support in their coursework and daily lives.
Dr. Williams earned her Doctorate of Philosophy in Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry from the University of Sussex in Falmer, United Kingdom.
Dr. Williams is currently a tenured professor at College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita, California, and has been teaching for the last twenty years. She has been working with neurodivergent students across the U.S. since 2010, after noticing that these students were struggling with the transition from K-12 support in their Individualized Education Program to college, where self-advocacy and identification were required by a system built for the neurotypical.
Dr. Williams and her team specialize in executive functioning coaching, with an emphasis on academics. Work with students includes accommodation management, email and Learning Management System support, course planning and registration, summer school transfer courses, housing, internship and job searching, and much more. This work also includes concepts of Universal Design which helps both neurodiverse and neurotypical students build confidence, advocate for themselves and thrive in school and college.
Dr. Williams is currently writing a book about her own experiences and struggles in K-12 and higher education, and documenting several case studies working with neurodivergent college students. This book will be released early next year and is entitled "The Neurodivergent Student Journey: A Story of Hope and Breaking Out of the Box".
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