April Remfrey is an educational consultant that focuses her time working with globally mobile families that have children with special needs when they are searching for a new school. April has also created an ILP/RTI goal documentation cloud-based program for international schools and serves on the board of directors for SENIA.

She has a BA in special education and elementary education at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, USA and received a Master’s Degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA in Exceptional Education. She has been a teacher for 20 years in three different countries and has experience in the public, private, and international school environments.

Since 2013, April, her husband, and daughter have lived in the Zurich, Switzerland area. Never one to sit still, April likes to hike in the stunning Swiss Alps, cook gourmet food, and play clarinet in the local concert band

Resources mentioned in this podcast:

SENIA (Special Education Network & Inclusion Association)

Spokle Speech Therapy

Adult SEL resources and professional development 

Families in Global Transition

Dr. Carmit-Noa Shpigelman’s research on e-mentoring for youth with disabilities