Mending Families is hosted by Melissa Pemberton and she brings you weekly content that is a mix of trauma aware interviews, parenting tips for those caring for kids from adversity, and stories from people just like you as they share their beautiful messy moments. Melissa hopes that when you listen each week, you will feel encouraged, inspired and take a little something away to help you and your family move from broken to mended.

Destiny Huff, MS, LPC, CPCS is a neurodivergent military spouse and mother of two boys. She runs a private practice as a Licensed Professional Counselor and Certified Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapist (TF-CBT) in the Mental Health field. She also runs Destiny Huff Consulting and is a Special Education Parent Advocate and Master IEP Coach.

On today’s episode, Destiny talks about some of her favorite places to live and where she hopes to land eventually. She shares how she got into the field of helping others and how her own story led her to becoming an IEP advocate. Destiny provides tips when working with the school systems to provide the best plan for your child. I learned so much from this episode and am excited to share it with you!

If you are interested in learning more about Destiny, you can find more information on her website https://www.destinyhuffconsulting.com or check out her Instagram or Facebook as well!

Topics Destiny mentions:

* If you are interested in learning more about Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy, you can go to TFCBT.org

*Learn more about the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) HERE

*Feel free to contact Destiny for help navigating the special education system for your child. She offers one-time services and year-long packages depending on your needs.

*We talk about how trauma experiences can come into IEP and 504 plans when there may not be a medical diagnosis.

*Destiny gives us good reminders of what to think about when it comes to trauma

*Destiny recommends you check out the Department of Education website HERE

*She also shares with us the resources available at https://www.copaa.org/

*Destiny would also love to be a resource for you as well! Go to her website or Instagram for more!

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