LaChanda Solomon

LaChanda Solomon earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Special Education from Shaw University and her Masters of Education degree from Regent University. She has served in the field of education in various counties across the state of NC as a teacher and leader in the area of developmental disabilities and autism. She currently serves as the Director of Education for Murdoch Developmental Center wherein she oversees the educational programming of four specialized statewide programs: Partners in Autism Treatment and Habilitation (PATH), Behaviorally Advanced Residential Treatment (BART), Specialized Treatment for Adolescents in a Residential Setting (STARS), and Therapeutic Respite Addressing Crisis for Kids (TRACK), which all serve many individuals and their families with developmental disabilities, autism, and severe behavioral challenges across the state of NC. Her passion, professional experience, and her own personal experience as a mother of a young man with autism give her hope and the continuous drive to encourage, advocate, and support families everywhere with their own unique journeys with autism.