Past Appearances

MetDESK® Workshop:
 (MetLife's Division of Estate Planning for Special Kids)

"Planning for the Future of Your Child or Dependent with Special Needs"


Picture of Diann Jones
A graduate of the National Speakers Bureau and Partners in Policymaking®, Diann Jones, MBA, is a sought-after speaker on special needs planning issues. She routinely presents workshops at national, state, and local events. Diann educates parents, siblings, and grandparents of persons with special needs on not just providing for a lifetime of care, but also quality of life issues. Included topics are government benefit eligibility, guardianship, client self-determination, self-advocacy, letters of intent, special needs trusts, financial security, funding options, and planning for a lifetime of quality care.

If your organization, school, or other group would like to have Diann Jones facilitate a workshop for your members, please feel free to call (302)781-1055 or complete this online request form..

Diann has accepted invitations from and made appearances at the following organizations, schools, and companies to present the MetDESK workshop:

A.I. duPont Children's Hospital
Agilent Technologies
Alliance for Full Participation Summit (Washington, D.C.) **
Arc Connections (Downingtown, PA)
Asperger's Friends (Flemington, NJ)
Astra-Zeneca Benefits Fair **
Astra-Zeneca
Autism Society of Delaware
Autism Society of Harford County (Bel Air, MD)
Bear Public Library
Brain Injury Association of Delaware *
Brandywood Elementary School
Buddy Walk **
Bush Early Education Center
Cape May County Special Services School District (Cape May, NJ)
Cecil County Health Department (Elkton, MD)
Cecil County Community College
Center for Therapeutic Horseback Riding
CHIMES, Delaware **
Christina/Red Clay Special Needs PTA
Comcast CN8 TV's "Your Morning Show"
DCPI (Princeton, NJ)
Delaware Autism Program (Brennan School)
Delaware Federation of Families ***
Delawareans with Special Health Needs
Delaware's Medicaid Managed Care Panel
Delaware Technical and Community College
Delcastle Vocational & Technical High School
Disability Awareness Picnic **
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation's Transition Conference (Dover, DE) **
Down Syndrome Assocation of Delaware
Down Syndrome Connection (Anne Arundel County, MD)
DuPont Company
DuPont Grandparent Resource Center
Exceptional Needs Foundation
Expo for Individuals with Disabilities - Successful Futures 2006 (Joppa, MD) ***
First Unitarian Church
Francis Harvey Green School
General Motors Health Fair **
Harford County Commission on Disabilities (Bel Air, MD)
HMS School for Children with Cerebral Palsy (Philadelphia)
Hockessin Public Library
Howard T. Ennis School
Independent Resources, Inc.
Jewish Community Center
John G. Leach School
John S. Charlton School
Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore, MD)
Kennedy Kreiger Institute (Baltimore, MD)
Kent County Community School
KidsFest Expo (Camden, NJ) **
Lionville Middle School (Exton, PA)
LIFE Conference * **
Mary Campbell Center
Meadowood School
MetLife
MetDESK® Annual Conference *
NAMI Walks for the Minds of America **
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) - Delaware *
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) - Maryland Lower Shore
Networks School for the Entrepreneurial Sciences
New Bolton Center (Kennett Square, PA) **
New Castle Public Library
ndss of Montgomery County (Lansdale, PA)
Parent Information Center of Delaware
Partners in Policymaking
Penns Grove High School (Carney's Point, NJ)
Police Athletic League (PAL) Center
Princeton Child Development Institute (Pennington, NJ)
Special Education Citizen's Advisory Council (Elkton, MD)
Special Olympics - Athlete's Leadership Conference *
Still Listening Conference **
Sussex Consortium (Lewes, DE)
The Arc Mercer (Ewing, NJ)
The Arc Northern Chesapeake Region (Aberdeen, MD)
The Arc of Delaware County
The Arc of Philadelphia & PDDS (Philadelphia, PA)
United Cerebral Palsy of Delaware
University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA) **
Wilmington Church of God
Women's Symposium (Chicago, IL)
Yale School (Voorhees, NJ)

* Reflects annual conference
** Reflects informational booth only
*** Reflects keynote/platform presentation given by Mrs. Jones


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