Featured, Spelling to Communicate
What is S2C? S2C stands for Spelling to Communicate, but what does that mean, exactly? Spelling to Communicate teaches individuals with motor challenges the purposeful motor skills necessary to point to letters to spell as…
Advocacy, Art, Autism, Communication, Communication Partner, Community, creative writing, Education, Inclusion, iPad, Letterboards, motor control, neurodiversity, nonspeaking, presume competence, Social Skills, Special Education, Spelling to Communicate, Uncategorized
When I first started working at Growing Kids, I worked with students who were brand new to Spelling to Communicate, as well as some who started with Elizabeth beforehand. Over that time, skills began to build, goals were being met, and fluency was increasing. For the students and for myself, as well! Doing a regular,…
Advocacy, Autism, Education, nonspeaking, Spelling to Communicate, Tribe
There are many reasons why I love being so involved with Tribe, but the UVa-Tribe exchanges are at the top. As a UVa alum, a friend of Vikram (who teaches the course), and as an educator at GKTC, it’s truly the case of my worlds colliding, and it’s the best thing ever. GKTC Tribe and…
Atlanta, Autism, Communication, Community, Education, Inclusion, Letterboards, presume competence, Uncategorized
Today we welcome guest blogger, Michele Kukler, one of our ACTS (Accessing Community Through Spelling) professional practitioners and teacher extraordinare of the Connections School of Atlanta. Michele and the incredibly dedicated teachers and staff at Connections are leaders in education as they include nonspeaking students along side speaking peers inside and outside the classroom through…
Animal assisted therapy, Letterboards, neurodiversity, nonspeaking, Occupational Therapy, Spelling to Communicate
When people meet Buddy, our OT dog, they often ask me how I became interested in animal assisted occupational therapy.  While this picture says 1,000 words, I will still write a few more! Well, the journey began when I was born. No, really!  My family adopted a golden retriever puppy a few months before I…
Advocacy, Autism, Inclusion, neurodiversity, nonspeaking, Spelling to Communicate, Uncategorized
What a spectacular night at the Atlas Theater in Washington DC for the screening of Deej! Deej is the must-see documentary about DJ Savarese, a nonspeaking autistic and his journey to be included as a college student. The film is powerful and a story that we hope will become common for all of our students….
Communication, Community, Education, Inclusion, neurodiversity, nonspeaking, presume competence, Uncategorized
GKTC’s Tribe has kicked off the fall schedule with an exchange between The University of Virginia students and Tribe members. The University of Virginia students are taking the undergrad psychology course, The Science and Lived Experience of Autism along with the young adults of Growing Kids Therapy Center’s “Tribe”. Â Last year, the Tribe completed the…
