About First Response Autism & Founder Jennifer Kaufman

Jennifer Kaufman is the founder of First Response Autism and one of the rare people in this field who understands autism from every angle - as an educator, a trainer, and a grandmother.

She has spent 15 years as the principal of a specialized schools serving students with autism and special needs, ages 5 to 21, in northern New Jersey. Every day she works with individuals across the autism spectrum, including those who are nonverbal, those who elope, those who cannot follow verbal commands, and those whose behavior can easily be misread as defiance, intoxication, or aggression.

She is also a grandmother to a child with autism. That personal experience gives her training a depth that no textbook or policy manual can replicate.

Jennifer has delivered training to police departments, sheriff's offices, campus security teams, and first responder agencies across the state. Her sessions are practical, fast-moving, and built around real field scenarios.

WHY DO DEPARTMENTS BOOK JENNIFER?

• Real-world scenarios officers actually encounter 
• Strategies that protect officers and the community
• Training built for busy shifts and limited budgets.