At Growing Kids Therapy Center we teach individuals with motor difficulties to coordinate their brain and body to communicate on a letterboard by spelling.
Growing Kids Therapy Center is dedicated to teaching non-speaking, minimally speaking and unreliably speaking individuals how to Spell to Communicate (S2C). GKTC has a diverse interdisciplinary team working to meet the needs of our students with motor and sensory differences. We believe that communication and motor control leads to autonomy, independence and inclusion.
We work in individual sessions to teach the motor skills necessary to spell to communicate. Once skills have been acquired, we offer opportunities for clients to work in groups to further develop motor, regulation and fluency with peers. Within individual and group sessions, clients are able to work on purposeful and meaningful motor activities in order to manage their bodies, become more self-controlled and independent.
In Your Community
We believe in the power of community. GKTC professionals are available to serve your community. We offer outreaches, consults, online classes and trainings to suit your community’s needs.
Our Training Programs
Rigorous training is critical to successful implementation of S2C. We have created the Accessing Community through Spelling (ACTS) Training programs to equip professionals, schools, parents or one-on-one communication partners with the skills they need to communicate with nonspeaking individuals on the letterboards.