Jennifer Cervantes, LCSW-S, is the Director of Community Outreach and Education for the Meyer Center for Developmental Pediatrics and Autism at Texas Children’s Hospital and is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX. In addition to direct clinical social work services for children with developmental diagnoses and their families, Jennifer works with learners from various disciplines as well as community professionals to provide competent, inclusive, and ethical care to neurodiverse individuals and their families. She also serves as a field instructor for social work student interns and is a board-approved clinical supervisor for those Licensed Master Social Workers pursuing clinical licensure in Texas. Jennifer is the current co-chair of the Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics Advocacy Committee and was the 2023 recipient of the University of Houston Clear Lake’s Early Career Achievement Award. Her other professional experience includes work in the areas of foster care and adoption, the criminal justice system, school-based social work, and the provision of private therapy service

Dinah Godwin, LCSW-S, is the Director of Social Work for the Meyer Center for Developmental Pediatrics and Autism at Texas Children’s Hospital.  Dinah is nationally recognized for providing clinical social work services for children with developmental diagnoses and their families. In addition to her clinical role, she facilitates educational groups for families as well as multidisciplinary professionals from a wide range of disciplines. As an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine, Dinah educates pediatric residents, developmental-behavioral pediatric fellows, social work interns, and trainees from other disciplines. Her other professional experience includes community outreach and education, program development and evaluation, grant writing, and grants management. Dinah is a current board member for the Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, the first social worker to sit on this board, and has been recognized for her excellence in teaching and evaluation through receipt of a Norton Rose Fulbright Faculty Excellence award. University of Houston Clear Lake also named Dinah as field instructor of the year for excellence in her work with social work student interns.