See Me Speak

06/25/2025

OPENING A NEW CHAPTER: Big changes are on the way!

For those of you who know me and follow me on my personal page, you know that my own nonspeaking Autistic sons have been in crisis for the past 1-2 years. We have relocated out of a traumatic school district and have begun the healing process at a new school, Celebrate the Children, which provides everything we could have possibly ever wanted (YAY! Caleb and Noah are able to spell in school!). We moved into a little farm and are finding ways to heal, grow, and thrive. Due to the move, we are still in a lot of chaos and feel that we haven't hit a baseline yet. We are exhausted and look forward to being able to find peace and rest when we finally stabilize.

With all the changes in my personal life, I will be relocating See Me Speak to Denville, NJ which is closer to our new home and will continue to support my current clients. Unfortunately, I am unable to take on any new clients at this time.

With the move, I am excited to announce that I will be merging with two other S2C Practitioners! (More info on that soon and how you can set up an appointment with them since I am unavailable!)

New Jersey is really amping up the support for our spellers and I am thrilled to see so many opportunities open up for our nonspeakers across the state! In just a few years, I know New Jersey will have an established support system in place for those who need it.

Though I am unable to organize and continue to build at this time, my wheels continue to spin and create ideas for the future. When my family is stable again, my focus will be on continuing to support nonspeakers to develop the skills to communicate through spelling while also honing in on the best ways to support our teen and adult population with potential day programs, workshops, and group activities. I am excited to collaborate with all our supportive professionals, families, and self-advocates to provide the needs all of our families have and desire so desperately.

Thank you to my wonderful clients for hanging in there with me through the most chaotic years of my life! I love you all very much and am so grateful for your insights and support!

With all my love,
Alexandra

04/14/2025

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04/14/2025

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Spelling to communicate (S2C), where 26 letters equals infinite possibilities!. Spelling to communicate (S2C), where 26 letters equals infinite possibilities!

04/06/2025

Today we are celebrating neurodiversity ✨ with a special walk to support Caleb and Noah’s new school that fully supports them and our preferred method of communication — Spelling to Communicate (S2C) 🙏🏽🩵 They have two trained S2C Practitioners as teachers and an entire classroom dedicated to supporting typers! If you can donate to help the school continue to provide the best services for our nonspeakers who desperately need this support, please do! ✨

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02/14/2025

Caleb and Noah's 13th birthday is coming up on the 25th of this month.

They started their new school, which does not use Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) which has been extremely traumatizing to Caleb and Noah and instead uses DIR therapy. Developmental, Individual-Differences, and Relationship-Based (DIR) therapy, also known as Floortime, is a therapeutic approach designed to support children with developmental and emotional challenges.

Their new school also FULLY EMBRACES their PRIMARY AND PREFERRED METHOD OF COMMUNICATION, Spelling to Communicate (S2C)!!!! Not only do they fully embrace it but they have an entire classroom dedicated to S2C as an alternative communication method! WE NEED THESE TYPES OF SCHOOLS TO SUCCEED FOR OUR SPELLERS!!!!

They are the ONLY school in NJ that provides this support.

This year they are having their first annual Neurodiversity Acceptance walk and fundraiser.

For Caleb and Noah's birthday, please consider supporting their middle school team and in the comments please express your gratitude for the way they support spellers and those who type to communicate! We need more schools like this and and we need for this school to be successful for our spellers!!!

11/20/2024

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10/23/2024

Assembly Joint Resolution No. 204 was introduced to the Assembly Health Committee and Designates May of each year as “Apraxia Awareness Month” in NJ.

10/06/2024

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/a-young-autistic-mans-symphonic-odyssey/

Twenty-year-old Jacob Rock is a non-verbal young man with autism who quietly composed an entire six-movement symphony in his head. After struggling to communicate for much of his life, he learned how to share his ideas via an iPad app with musician Rob Laufer. The two created the symphony "Unforgett...

10/01/2024

ISO: communication partner for Caleb and Noah. Someone willing to work with them 1:1, develop a relationship, learn how to use their letterboards, and support them

09/25/2024

I have received a draft bill from my legislator to make it state law as it is already federal law that Caleb and Noah have access to their primary and preferred method of communication in school. We have some revising and editing to do but when it is complete and headed to the education committee, I will share! Until then, please continue to share and sign this petition!

Support communication choice for nonspeaking individuals in New Jersey

09/22/2024

THIS is how you succeed with your speller!!! ✨🙏🏽

He keeps saying it so he must really mean it.

It all starts with the power of belief.

Believing they’re competent.

Believing they’re capable.

Believing they want to.

Believing they will.

And never faltering because they can sense doubt.

I believed 98%. Julie 100%.

He could feel the difference.

Whatever it takes to get you there. Do it.

Give them 100%.

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09/17/2024