Dr. Desirie Skeete

Behavior Analyst & Autism Advocacy Expert; Founder & CEO of NESS Cares & NESS Behavior Consulting; Inclusive Education and Family-Centered Special Education Advocate

New York, NY, USA
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Belonging, Disability, Mental Health, Neurodiversity, Storytelling, Youth
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Dr. Desirie Skeete Biography

Dr. Desirie Skeete is the founder and CEO of NESS Behavior Consulting and NESS Cares. She is a behavior analyst, speaker and author who advances family-centered special education and autism advocacy. Dr. Skeete translates applied behavior analysis, or ABA, principles into everyday routines that parents and teachers can actually use. Her work centers on culturally responsive care, practical micro-habits and school-home teaming. Dr. Skeete has been featured in Authority Magazine, Bold Journey and CanvasRebel.

Dr. Skeete stands as a woman whose life is a living testament to resilience, purpose and the unwavering pursuit of hope. Her journey began with dedicated work in the classroom and community and led to the honor of receiving an honorary doctorate in humanities, a triumph that has intensely fueled Dr. Skeete's fire to enlighten, uplift and empower.

Dr. Skeete's expertise is rooted in both professional insight and deeply personal experience, drawn from her own mental health journey and the trials of navigating the system when her child faced early developmental delays. This experience gave birth to her fierce calling as a mother and advocate.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 08/04/2026.

Dr. Desirie Skeete Speaking Topics

  • The Therapist Who Needed an Advocate: How My Own Mental Health Crisis Changed the Way I Care for Families

    That title is everything because it is the absolute truth of Dr. Desirie Skeete's journey. For a long time, she was the person everyone came to for answers, the one who was supposed to have it all together, but when her own mental health crisis hit, it completely shattered the illusion that professional credentials make you immune to suffering. It forced Desirie to experience the system not as an expert in a position of power, but as a person who was terrified, overwhelmed, and desperately needing someone to fight for them. That crisis changed everything about how she cares for families because it stripped away the clinical distance; before it, she understood advocacy intellectually, but after living through it, Desirie understood it spiritually and practically. She realized that when a family comes to her, they do not just need a textbook strategy or a clinical diagnosis symptoms; they need a human being who knows what it feels like to sit in the dark wondering if things will ever get better. It made her empathy fierce and active, so now, when she advocates for a family or a child, Desirie is not just managing a case, she is standing in the gap for them the exact way she needed someone to stand in the gap for her when she was at her lowest point, turning her profession into a true, purposeful mission.

  • Behavior Is Communication: Transforming the Way We Support Neurodivergent Children

    This topic strikes at the exact core of why Dr. Desirie Skeete does this work, because for too long, our systems have tried to fix the behavior instead of understanding the child. When we say behavior is communication, we are making a massive shift from asking what is wrong with this child to asking what is this child trying to tell us that they cannot say with words. For a neurodivergent child, an emotional breakdown or a complete withdrawal is almost never about being difficult, it is a desperate attempt to express sensory overload, fear, confusion, or an unmet need. When Desirie went through her own crisis, she learned firsthand what it feels like to have your internal distress misunderstood by the outside world, and it completely revolutionized how she trains her teams and supports families. True transformation happens the moment we stop punishing the outward symptom and start translating the underlying message, changing our entire approach from forced compliance to genuine connection, safety, and respect.

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Dr. Desirie Skeete is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as The Therapist Who Needed an Advocate: How My Own Mental Health Crisis Changed the Way I Care for Families, Behavior Is Communication: Transforming the Way We Support Neurodivergent Children and Beyond the Diagnosis: Building Inclusive Communities That Help Every Child Thrive. The estimated speaking fee range to book Dr. Desirie Skeete for your event is available upon request. Dr. Desirie Skeete generally travels from New York, NY, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Rachel Morgan-Trimmer, Sonia Chand, Jordyn Hope, Felicia M. L. Davis and Patrick Casale. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Dr. Desirie Skeete for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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