Meghann Parkinson

A Myth of Giant Proportions

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, […]

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Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Summer Institute

Autism, Community, Education, Letterboards, Tribe, Uncategorized /

For our final week of Summer Institute, our guest lecturers were Meenu and Sarina from the University of Maryland. Meenu and Sarina work together at the Academy of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and teach students how to think outside of the box and bring new, interesting ideas to life! After the “getting to know you” portion

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