What People are Saying
“Wendy is well known and highly regarded here at the Hudson River Teacher Center, one of 129 teacher centers in New York State providing high quality professional development to educators. Her courses are extremely well received. Wendy’s is able to relate theory to “real world” practice and can adapt her instruction to individual needs and capacities without compromising content. Wendy has worked successfully and respectfully with teachers from many school districts and her course evaluations are always stellar!”
Kathleen Batchelor
Director of the Hudson River Teachers Center
BOCES, Yorktown Heights NY
“The evaluations from the staff all say excellent and that we should do this again. As we discussed we have had some very difficult challenges unifying the teaching staff, working with child behavior and managing staff burnout. Your presentation was exactly what we needed. I know after the sessions the staff was very excited about going forward Thanks again for a terrific presentation. You will hear from us soon!”
Barbara McPhillips
Readiness Principal
The New York Institute for Special Education
“I wanted to let you know how inspirational I think you are! You use just the right words and tone to get messages across. Although you were with us for only two days you made such a deep personal impact on me. My fellow teachers all feel the same”.
Holly C
Teacher Participant
“As a Speech Pathologist and director and facilitator of the Mentor/Intern Program at Putnam Northern Westchester BOCES for many years, it was my privilege and pleasure to work with Wendy Van Buren. I was continually amazed at Wendy’s ability to “read” a group. Our groups included Speech Pathologists, teachers, psychologists and social workers. Wendy has an unsurpassed talent for engaging each person in the room in a way that makes them comfortable enough to participate on a deeply connected level. Wendy is a compassionate, insightful presenter, who I feel honored to have worked with.”
Cynthia Kopscay,
Director of Yorktown BOCES Speech Pathologist Mentor/Intern Training Program.
“Wendy Van Buren was recommended as a speaker for our monthly team meeting of Red Cross volunteer emergency service workers. She appropriately addressed the many issues among our group of volunteers. She shared her amazing insight on personalities, relationships, and effective communication and most importantly how to manage our stress. Volunteers were engaged and actively participated. After the session volunteers shared a myriad of accolades about the session, how much they learned about themselves and others and how therapeutic the session was. We cannot wait to work with Wendy in the future. She is an absolute gem!”
Andrew Sindell,
Manager-Volunteer Resources and Youth Services,
American Red Cross-Metro NY North Chapter