Kids & Family
Tania van Bree is mom to Elli and Willem, ages 11 and 7 & wife to Marc. They live Buda, Texas. Her career background is in Music Administration & Education and she owns an Early Childhood Music Education business while pursuing a degree to become a certified Music Therapist. Willem was diagnosed with Autism at only 16 months of age. He is now considered a Level 3 Autistic with pre-verbal Apraxia. Big sister Elli has been around therapists in the home all of her life. In previous years, for Autism Awareness Month, Elli & Tania visited classrooms at Elli's school to spread understanding about Willem's diagnosis. Since this was not possible in 2020 due to the pandemic, they decided to make a short video to share with her school. It was especially important in 2021, because Willem was in his very first year at a regular public elementary school along with Elli who will move on to middle school next year. The video was shared on Tania's Facebook profile (viewed over 10k times) & shared by radio stations & news outlets. Since Elli is very shy & struggles with anxiety, this was a huge accomplishment. When she is in high school, Elli plans to devote her Girl Scout Gold award toward Autism Acceptance. Connect with Tania on FB or IG: @taniavanbree ***************************************** To purchase my book “Welcome to My Life – A Personal Parenting Journey Through Autism” click HERE or visit Amazon.com! You can easily stay connected to the Living the Sky Life podcast and me in various ways. Please visit my website www.lauriehellmann.com for all the links. I'd love to hear what you think, so if listening on the Apple platform, please leave a written review and rating of the podcast! If you are interested in being a guest on an episode of Living the Sky Life, please contact me!