Jessica Block Nerren

Jessica Block NerrenJessica Block Nerren has an Ed.D. from California State University where she successfully defended her dissertation on Inclusion, Public Relations and Teacher Education. Outside of academia, Jess Block Nerren is a public relations, marketing, and photography professional with 19+ years of experience as the president of her own public relations firm, Felten Media Services. In the community, Dr. Nerren is heavily involved in the autism nonprofit and behavioral health community with past and current service: on the Autism Speaks Parent Advisory Board to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, on the executive committee of the Riverside County Special Education Local Plan Area as Public Information Officer and Legislative Chair, as a founding board member of The Miracle Project national nonprofit, as the communications chair of the Los Angeles, Orange County, Santa Barbara and San Diego Autism Speaks Walks, and on the Stakeholder Committee and Diversity Special Interest Group for CalABA, the state governing body for behavior analysts in the State of California providing services to individuals with autism and other developmental and behavioral needs.

Publications

Rethinking Perception and Centering the Voices of Unique Individuals: Reframing Autism Inclusion in Praxis
Rethinking Perception and Centering the Voices of Unique Individuals: Reframing Autism Inclusion in Praxis
Jessica Block Nerren. © 2022. 289 pages.
Ensuring classrooms are inclusive to all students, particularly those with disabilities such as autism spectrum disorder, is crucial in today’s educational landscape. It is vital...
Preventing Cyberbullying and Online Harassment
Preventing Cyberbullying and Online Harassment
Jess Nerren. © 2022. 25 pages.
The prevention of online harassment and cyberbullying is an important priority in offices, schools, businesses, and society-at-large. As the world becomes more connected, there...
Framing Disability Inclusion: A Literature Review and Self-Reflection by an Individual With Disability
Framing Disability Inclusion: A Literature Review and Self-Reflection by an Individual With Disability
Jessica Block Nerren, Stephanie Rivas. © 2022. 17 pages.
Framing theory is essential to understanding how inclusion is seen and acted upon. It is a critical theoretical framework for this chapter and the book as a whole to understand...
The Public Relations of Inclusion: Teacher Preparation, UDL, and Reframing for Autism Inclusion
The Public Relations of Inclusion: Teacher Preparation, UDL, and Reframing for Autism Inclusion
Jessica Block Nerren. © 2022. 31 pages.
Preliminary teachers call out for more preparation for autism inclusion in their credential programs. The purpose of this study is to explore the framing of autism inclusion by...
Could There Be an AutCrit?: Reframing Delivery of Autism Inclusion Curriculum for Equity
Could There Be an AutCrit?: Reframing Delivery of Autism Inclusion Curriculum for Equity
Jessica Block Nerren. © 2022. 18 pages.
DisCrit, critical race theory, disability rights, deficit thinking, and critical PR all lend themselves to a strong argument for autism inclusion in general education settings....
Preventing Cyberbullying and Online Harassment
Preventing Cyberbullying and Online Harassment
Jess Nerren. © 2021. 25 pages.
The prevention of online harassment and cyberbullying is an important priority in offices, schools, businesses, and society-at-large. As the world becomes more connected, there...