Yes! Collaborative Minds offers both virtual and in-person professional development, coaching, and speaking engagements.
Virtual sessions are interactive, engaging, and designed to create the same sense of collaboration and connection as in-person events. Whether your team is on Long Island or across the country, we tailor each experience to meet your goals and the unique needs of your educators and professionals.

In person speaking opportunities in Suffolk & Nassau County on Long Island. Professional development, caregiver & professional coaching sessions are available, virtually, worldwide.

Christina offers engaging, neurodiversity-affirming presentations, workshops, and trainings designed to inspire lasting change in schools, agencies, and organizations.

Popular topics include:

Understanding Neurodiversity – Building inclusive, affirming environments for all learners

Gestalt Language Processing (GLP) – Supporting echolalia, scripts, and natural language development

Sensory Regulation & Behavior as Communication – Moving from compliance to connection

Restructuring Special Education Programs – Creating collaborative, strength-based, and trauma-informed systems

All sessions can be customized for your audience—whether you’re seeking a 1-hour professional development, a full-day workshop, or a keynote presentation.

Most professional development workshops and trainings are scheduled in 60-minute blocks.
Half-day (3-hour) and full-day (6-hour) formats are also available for districts, agencies, and organizations seeking more in-depth learning and team collaboration.

Cash and credit cards are all accepted forms of payment; including Venmo and Zelle. Payment is due at the time of service. A credit card will be required to be kept on file regardless of payment method. Please contact us to request our rates.

Being a ND-A SLP means that we recognize and respect the neurological differences among individuals. We understand that neurodivergent individuals (autistic, ADHD, etc.) have unique strengths, abilities, and perspectives that should be respected in an inclusive and supportive environment. We encourage and accept all forms of communication and adapt our therapy to meet specific needs. We always presume competence while empowering and supporting neurodivergent individuals’ communication, strengths, and special interests.

Children need movement to thrive! Sensory integration plays a key role in regulating a child’s body and mind, helping them feel engaged and ready to learn. By addressing each child’s unique sensory needs, we support them in reaching an optimal state for learning, allowing new information to be processed more effectively and efficiently.

There are two ways that children process language: analytic (typical) and gestalt. Analytic processors learn language word by word, building to phrases and sentences (e.g., "mom", then "mom go", then "mom go up"). Gestalt processors learn language in "chunks" or scripts. Gestalt language processors (GLPs) do not use single words as single units of meaning until later in language development. In other words, GLPs learn language in chunks/phrases first then need help learning to break apart the chunks into single words. These students use scripting (often of whole phrases/songs/movie lines) to acquire language and communicate. Most autistic individuals are gestalt language processors, but neurotypical children can process language this way as well. Children who script with rich intonation (in a singing or upbeat manner) are typically gestalt language processors.

Natural Language Acquisition (NLA) is a framework that details the stages of gestalt language development to help a child unbundle their chunks/gestalts to achieve self-generated speech. It helps identify and support gestalt language processors through a natural child led approach.