Joey Mandel is a special education and ESL teacher at the TDSB, as well as a parent coach and education consultant at ISAND (Integrated Services for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders). She is dedicated to helping educators identify those skills deficits with which a child struggles and that impact their behavior, working with teachers to help them better understand the social-emotional needs of their students and create healthier relationships in the classroom. Joey runs a private educational consulting and therapy clinic, go Social kids, which coaches parents towards a better understanding of social-emotional skills and sibling issues.