The Illuminate Strategy Day · Nashville, TN

You have done everything right.And still feel like something is missing.

This is the day you finally get the full picture — and the plan to match it.

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"You are not the parent who gives up. You research. You advocate. You show up to every appointment and every hard moment with your whole heart. And you still go to bed some nights wondering if you are missing something."

Not because you are failing. Because the support your family has been getting is fragmented. One specialist does not talk to the next. Nobody has the full picture of your child except you. And nobody has ever sat down with your whole family, your whole picture, and a fully neuroaffirming team in the same room at the same time.

The Strategy Day was built to change that. One day. Three neuroaffirming specialists. Your child at the center of every conversation. You leave with a working plan you have already practiced in the room — not a report, not a referral list, and not more things to figure out alone.

This is not therapy. It is not a consultation. It is the day the whole picture finally comes into focus.

Who You Are Getting in the Room With

The team behind everything at Illuminate Academy

Three specialists. One day. All for your family. You will not find this combination of expertise anywhere else in Nashville.

Jacquelene Nigrelli, MA Special Ed.

Founder and Executive Director

Illuminate Academy · 20 Years in Neuroaffirming Education

Polyvagal-informed and systems-thinking. Jacquelene is the architect of the House of Growth framework and the intellectual foundation of everything that happens on the day. She leads every Strategy Day personally and is the reason families leave differently than they arrived.

Kelly Eppler, OTR/L

Occupational Therapist

Sensory Processing and Regulation Specialist

Trauma-informed and neuroaffirming. Kelly specializes in sensory processing, regulation, and the body's role in learning and connection. She builds practical strategies your family can use the same day you leave.

Heidi Snow-Witzeman

Behavior Specialist

Neuroaffirming · PDA-Informed · Board Certified

Heidi leads with dignity, autonomy, and the deep belief that behavior is always communication. Her neuroaffirming, PDA-informed approach helps families understand what their child is actually saying — and how to respond in a way that builds genuine connection rather than demanding compliance.

The Day

Here is what you can expect.
The rest is a surprise.

We do not publish a timed agenda. What we will tell you is what actually happens and what it feels like when you are in the room.

You arrive to something that feels nothing like a clinical setting

Warm space. Your favorites waiting. The team already there and already knowing your child before you walk through the door. The day starts the way it means to go on: unhurried, personal, and completely for you.
Before we talk about your child, we talk about you

The most important work of the day and we do it first. You cannot build your child's house if yours is still shaking. Jacquelene opens with something that shifts how you enter everything that follows.

Jacquelene leads
The framework that changes how you see every hard moment your child has

The House of Growth. Taught in depth. Applied to your child specifically. You will leave this block with language you have never had before and a way of seeing your child that does not go away when the day ends.

Jacquelene leads · Kelly and Heidi present
Your child. Your hard moments. Coached live in the room.

This is the part that changes everything. Jacquelene, Kelly, and Heidi work with each family on their specific situation. Your child. Your hard moments. Strategies built and practiced before you leave. The other families in the room are learning alongside you and you are learning from them. This is where the community is built, not announced.

Full team · The room does the rest
Lunch together: provided, unhurried, part of the experience

Something shifts over a meal that does not shift across a conference table. The conversations that happen here are some of the most important ones of the day. We have seen it every time.
You leave with things in your hands built for your child specifically

A laminated 90-day roadmap with your child's name and one focus sentence on it. Physical tools. Strategies you have already practiced. A close that feels like a send-off, not a summary.

Full team

What You Walk Away With

Not a report. Not a referral.
A transformation.

You will finally feel seen as a parent, not just as a caregiver.

The team knows your child before you walk in. The day begins from knowing. Not from starting over. Not from retelling the whole story. From being already understood.
You will leave known by families who finally get what your life is like.

The room does something that no consultation can do. You will hear your story in someone else's mouth and feel something loosen. That feeling does not go away when you leave.
You will leave equipped with a roadmap built around your child's specific needs.

A 90-day focus. Physical tools. Strategies practiced in the room before you left. One sentence that names exactly what your child needs right now. Yours before you walk out the door.
You will leave held in a way you have not been before.

The close is not a rundown of next steps. It is a moment that honors what you brought into the room and what you are taking home. You will feel it.
You will leave sent with a community behind you.

Three months of the Connected Collective included. Weekly coaching calls. The families from your day. A team that knows your child. And support that does not stop when the day ends.

Is This For You?

This day was built for a specific family.

Let us make sure that is yours.

This is for you if

You invest in what works and trust the right experts to deliver
You have done the basics and know your child needs something more specific
You want a coordinated team, not fragmented appointments
You believe connection matters more than compliance
You are not in crisis but could genuinely use expert support right now
You are ready to walk into the next season with a real plan

This is probably not for you if

You are looking for a quick fix that requires no reflection
You believe behavior is the whole problem
You are not open to the idea that you are part of the equation
You want someone to tell you what is wrong with your child
You are just beginning your journey and not yet ready to go deep

Let Us Be Honest

The thoughts that might be stopping you right now

"I have tried things before and they never quite stick."

That is not a you problem. That is a delivery problem. Most support gives you information. The Strategy Day gives you a working plan you have already practiced in the room before you leave. Strategies in your hands. Tools built for your child. One 90-day focus written in one sentence. Not something to remember later. Something you are already doing before you walk out the door.
"I am worried I will get generic advice that does not actually fit my child."

This is the most common thing families tell us before the day. And it is exactly why we do not start with your child. We start with the intake. The pre-work. The conversation with Jacquelene before you ever arrive. By the time you walk through the door our neuroaffirming team already knows your child. The day begins from knowing, not from starting over.
"What if I spend a whole day and leave feeling like nothing moved?"

That has never happened. Not once. Because the day is not built around teaching you things. It is built around practicing things, making decisions together, and leaving with something real in your hands. You will feel the shift before lunch. The neuroaffirming approach we use ensures every strategy is built around how your child actually thinks, feels, and moves through the world — not a template.
"Am I the kind of parent who needs this?"

If you are reading this page, yes. The families who thrive in the Strategy Day are not in crisis. They are invested, informed, and ready for something that finally matches their level of commitment to their child. They are exactly like you. High-achieving. Done with fragmented support. Ready for a neuroaffirming team that sees their child the way they do.

Investment

Simple. Transparent. Worth every penny.

Founding Rate · June and July 2026 Only

$2,997

per family · small group · 2 to 4 families per day

Date OneFriday, June 26, 2026

Date TwoTuesday, July 21, 2026

A full day built entirely around your family : warm, off-campus, nothing like a clinical setting
The team already knows your child before you walk through the door
Live coaching from Jacquelene, Kelly, and Heidi : your child, your hard moments, your roadmap
A 90-day roadmap built around your child's specific needs : one focus, one sentence, laminated and yours
Physical tools built for your family and practiced before you leave
A room full of families who finally get it : the community you have been looking for
Lunch together : provided, unhurried, part of the experience
Three months in the Connected Collective : built in, not bolted on
Support that continues after the day ends : three months in the Connected Collective, built in

This is the founding rate. It will not stay here after these two dates.

Book a Call to Reserve Your Spot

Currently Enrolled Illuminate Academy Families

The Strategy Day is available to enrolled IA families at 50% off the community rate. Book a call and we will take care of the rest.

The Next Step

If this felt like the beginning of something, it was.

Book a 15-minute call with Jacquelene. Tell her about your family. That is the whole first step. No application. No intake form. Just a conversation to make sure this is the right fit for you and for us.

Book My Call with Jacquelene

June 26 and July 21 · Nashville, TN · 2 to 4 families per day · Spots are limited