Raven Winged Consulting

🌿 I’m excited to share that our family is growing! We are expecting a baby in June 2026 🤍

You may have noticed I’ve been a bit quieter and less present on here lately—this has been part of the reason, as I’ve been focusing on growing a tiny human and adjusting to this new season.

As I prepare for this next chapter, my work will be shifting over the coming months as I transition into maternity leave. During this time, I will be stepping back from some direct services, while ensuring continuity of care through the very capable BCaBAs I supervise, who will be supporting ongoing contracts.

Although my day-to-day work will look a little different, I remain deeply committed to supporting Indigenous communities and advancing culturally grounded, relational approaches in our field. I’m looking forward to continuing to offer select online learning opportunities, including CEU events and resources, throughout the summer and fall.

Thank you for your continued support as I step into this new role—both personally and professionally. I’m excited for what this season will bring 🌿

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Hey everyone I am excited to announce I’ll be speaking at the upcoming virtual conference on January 23, 2026.

Come join me, and an amazing line-up of speakers for this exclusive and impactful event.

Learn More: https://behaviorlive.com/conferences/Stonesoup2026/home
Register Now: https://behaviorlive.com/conferences/Stonesoup2026/registration

👇 GET ALL THE DETAILS BELOW 👇

🪨🥣 2026 Stone Soup ABA Conference
🎓 Presented by the IBAO

🗓 Date: Friday January 23, 2026
⏰ Time: 8:45 AM to 5:30 PM EST
▶ How: Live Streaming
📍 Where: BehaviorLive
👩‍🏫 What: 8 Expert Presentations
📜 Get: 9.5 CPBAO, IBAO & BACB CEUs
🏆 Win: Prizes and Giveaways
🌐 Learn More: lrcss.com/stone-soup
👐 Why: All profits go to the Initiative

Stone Soup 2026 View details for the Stone Soup 2026 conference.

Upcoming Professional Development Opportunity: Trauma-Informed Teaching through an Indigenous Lens

Educators, families, and community members are invited to join us for a virtual session with Jen Ashlee, Indigenous Behaviour and Educational Consultant.

Together, we’ll explore what it means to support learners through holistic, relational, and land-based approaches to wellness. This session will invite reflection, deepen understanding, and offer practical strategies you can bring into your learning spaces.

📅 Date: November 24, 2025
🕞 Time: 3:30 – 4:45 p.m. EST
💻 Format: Virtual
💰 Cost: Free and open to all

👉 Register here: https://forms.office.com/r/SqwtQQ3UXb

✨ Upcoming Workshop! ✨
Join me for Supporting Neurodivergent Métis Children & Youth in Navigating IEPs.
A 75-minute, strengths-based session rooted in Métis Ways of Knowing and Two-Eyed Seeing — designed for families, advocates, and service providers.
🌿 Learn to:
✅ Understand and navigate IEPs
✅ Honour neurodiversity through an Indigenous lens
✅ Advocate for supports that reflect Métis identity and family voice
✅ Build collaborative, respectful relationships with schools
Includes storytelling, reflection, and space for shared learning.
Let’s create pathways of belonging and empowerment for Métis youth together.

📣 Autism Conference 2024: Implications for Indigenous Peoples
📅 August 2024 – PHAC + CPHA hosted 650 people for the National Autism Conference to guide Canada’s Autism Framework & Strategy.
🚫 Indigenous voices were largely missing—both in attendance and in the process.

Key Concerns Raised:
📊 Indigenous communities remain underrepresented in autism data, research, & policy.
🔍 Strong calls for Indigenous-led research & data collection to reflect real priorities & experiences.
🌱 Learn from Indigenous communities through a strengths-based lens, not a deficit model.
🪶 Culturally grounded, Indigenous-led approaches are critical for supporting Indigenous Autistic people.
🚫 Lack of Indigenous representation at the conference & in broader autism work—future efforts must change this.
🤝 Need for relationship-building with Indigenous organizations, including rural & northern communities.
🗣 Clear action plans & accountability so Indigenous Autistic voices shape decision-making.

💬 The Challenge:
There’s a call for Indigenous-led research—but will Canada truly value Indigenous knowledge?
Will our stories, circles, ceremonies, and ancestral wisdom be seen as equal to Western research?
Will they see the whole person—their gifts, their spirit, their role in the circle?
Canada needs to learn from Indigenous communities through a strengths-based lens, not a deficit-based, medical, and ableist lens.

Not just inclusion. Leadership.
Let us guide the questions, priorities, and process—we know what matters for our people.
Inclusion of Indigenous voices should never be an afterthought or a vague promise to “do better”; it must be prioritized from the very start.

We’ve been telling this same story for decades—about the same gaps that remain.
The hardest part? This conference had a chance to do more for Indigenous Autistics… and that chance was missed.

✊ Call to Action:
Keep the conversation going. Don’t let this become another report with promises but no action.

This September, we're offering a special 3-part online learning series: “Understanding the Residential School System: From Historical Legacy to Ongoing Impacts, Reconciliation, and Resilience.”

Designed primarily for businesses and organizations to educate their staff, this series is open to all for a cost of $1000 per organization. Find more details or register, here: https://nctr.ca/education/educational-programs/nctr-education-presentations/

🎧 A while back, I joined on their podcast to talk about ethical considerations when working with Indigenous clients.

This excerpt is from a part of our conversation where we touched on the importance of cultural reclamation and how this shows up in a cultural safety journey for allies—something I think about often in my work and personal life.

The truth is: there’s no one way to be Indigenous. We’re all on our own journeys of reclamation, reconnection, and remembering—and that process looks different for everyone. We all have unique and equally valid stories.

If you're working with Indigenous clients or colleagues:
✅ Please don’t assume.
✅ Don’t ask questions in a brash or clinical way.
✅ Approach with care and humility.

Our culture is sacred. The way you ask, listen, and show up matters. You're holding something deeply personal—like a piece of our heart.

🎙 Listen to the full episode here (Link in Bio):
https://behavioralcollective.com/news/ethical-considerations-for-serving-indigenous-clients-episode-23/

🌿 During COVID, I often found myself turning to the voices of Indigenous leaders — to anchor me back into myself, for nuggets of wisdom, and for a sense of connection when everything felt uncertain. The UBC Learning Circle became a space where I could sit with teachings, hear powerful stories, and feel part of something bigger than myself.

These conversations continue to inspire me in my everyday work. They hold stories of truth, heart, and an Indigenous lens on how to care for community. If you’re looking to deepen your understanding of Indigenous wellness, cultural teachings, or mental health — I really recommend checking them out.

🧠 Mental health & healing
🪶 Traditional practices
👥 Lived experiences from community
🎓 Indigenous-led leadership

You can explore all the sessions for free at: learningcircle.ubc.ca/past-sessions (link in bio)
💚 I hope these teachings support you as much as they’ve supported me.

🌿 Resource Highlight: Native Brilliance YouTube Series 🌿

As part of an ongoing effort to uplift the beautiful work of Indigenous folx across Turtle Island and beyond, I’m excited to share a powerful video resource:

🎥 Native Brilliance: A YouTube Series on Indigenous Mental Health

This incredible playlist features conversations that celebrate Indigenous wisdom, resilience, and culturally grounded approaches to mental wellness.

✨ Why Watch?
This series offers a window into the brilliance of Indigenous ways of knowing and doing, with reflections that:

Honour the deep relationship between culture and wellness
Highlight pathways to healing through community and ceremony
Share stories of strength, resistance, and restoration
Whether you’re supporting youth, walking your own healing journey, or working in mental health, these conversations hold valuable teachings and reminders.

🌟 A Few of My Recommended Highlights:

Wise Practices in Indigenous Behavioral Health
Nurturing the Brilliance of Native Youth
Indigenous Practices for Healing & Recovery
Strength-Based Approaches to Mental Health
📺 Watch the full playlist here:
Native Brilliance YouTube Playlist: Please use this link to book a time to connect:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzwEH5cP_TkUyiSGSTICialvDelbcQCmt&si=l-sK1_HTsZGsg1F-

I’ll keep sharing Indigenous-led resources that speak to the heart, uplift community, and honour the brilliance all around us. I hope you’ll walk alongside me.

🌿 Nature’s Fidgets: A Gentle Support Tool for Self-Regulation 🌿

Have you explored the healing value of nature as part of your own or your child’s self-care?

Whether it’s the satisfying crunch of leaves underfoot, the texture of pinecones, the cool smoothness of stones, or the softness of feathers—nature offers a wide range of sensory experiences that can ground, soothe, and support us.

I created a free downloadable guide called Nature’s Fidgets to help caregivers, educators, and individuals of all ages explore how everyday outdoor treasures can serve as simple, accessible regulation tools. 💚

✨ It’s gentle.
✨ It’s grounded.
✨ It’s self-led and sensory-aware.

These practices invite us to slow down and attune to the world around us—to notice, to feel, and to reconnect. In doing so, we enter into relationship with the land, with the seasons, and with the living beings who share this space with us.

This guide also honours the traditional knowledge held by Indigenous peoples about the healing power of nature and the sacredness of the places where we stand. May we move with respect, curiosity, and care.

🌱 Visit https://lnkd.in/gxAtwXbB to download.

Let’s reconnect with the healing rhythm of nature—one pinecone, feather, or stone at a time. 🌾

We have to create our own safe place within us, because no one is responsible to do this for us.

No one will do this for us.
Not fully. Not forever.

We have to create our own safe place within—a space that doesn’t collapse when others leave, disappoint, or simply cannot hold what we carry. And it feels overwhelming, lonely and difficult.

But this isn’t about isolation—it’s about freedom. Freedom from what tethers us to the wrong way of existing. To false beliefs about ourselves. To our injured inner child.

A safe place within will look different for each of us. But at its core, it’s about learning to trust the quiet voice that says, “I’ve got you. You’ve got you.”

Yes, we all need support. We all need community. But the deepest kind of healing begins when we stop waiting for someone else to save us—and start showing up for ourselves, like we always wished someone would.

It might be a whisper of kindness. A pause to breathe. A decision to say no.

One step at a time, creating this space is a beautiful invitation- that only you can accept.

The Raven said:
Stop.
Be true to yourself.
Make yourself happy. 
 
Taking what’s on the outside in
Is hurting you. 
Make what’s inside you
Empowered
Loud
Take up space. 
Reflect back with love
What comes at you.
 
It is not you 
It should not reside in you
Acknowledge it with love and compassion. 
And send it to something bigger than you
To creator
To the earth
To the ocean
Send it to heal. 
 
Hurry
Hurry
Things will change soon
It will be one thing after another 
And to be ok
You need to stay connected within your own energy and self
The changes are not you
They are not because of you
They are not in spite of you 
They exist outside of you 
These exist to help people to truly see
 
Allow yourself to exist in the quiet
For that is the time you hear your soul 
Our world asks us to tune in
To plug in
This is a trick to remove us from our true selves
To script what our minds say
To provoke what our hearts feel
 
Remember who you are