Lauren and her family came to Growing Together Preschool beleaguered by difficulties. Lauren had grown up with some unique speech challenges: though she could inflect and speak with meaning, her phrases came out largely as babbling, with an occasional word anchoring her requests and statements to an idea. While her family could understand Lauren’s speech, […] Read more…
Family-Centered Support
Sometimes, families come to Growing Together Preschool facing a number of daunting challenges as they try to secure the best possible care for their children. Chasity and her family fit that description well, but thanks to the services provided by GTP and their partners, their story has a happy ending. Chasity’s mother toured GTP the […] Read more…
A GTP Legacy
Tayshawn came to Growing Together as an infant at the urging of his great-grandmother. Born to a teenage mother, a village of family and teachers raise and care for Tayshawn. He has lived with his mother and great-grandmother his whole life, with his great-grandfather helping to raise him as well. Tayshawn has experienced much adversity […] Read more…
He’s come so far
When Aiden came to Growing Together Preschool a year and a half ago, he wasn’t interested in speaking or eating. Being away from his family was difficult but Ms. Deb, Aiden’s first teacher at GTP, was glad he came. Growing Together Preschool is a special place for all children, especially those like Aiden who […] Read more…
GTP Makes a Difference in the Lives of Typically-Developing Children Too
Typically, we share stories of the children in our care who have special needs and are receiving our therapy services in addition to early care and education. However, we know that the model of inclusion and our high-quality program benefit children who are typically-developing. Today, we share the experience of Valentina and her family. When […] Read more…
A Place of Acceptance and Love for Conor
“I really can’t tell you how much it means to know he’s got such great people taking care of him and being so attentive to his status. It makes this whole going to work thing a bit easier!” – Amber Horne, Conor’s Mother For nearly the first five months of his life, Conor spent his […] Read more…
2015 Year in Review
2015 has been a year of great growth here at Growing Together Preschool. Here’s what we’ve been up to this year. SENSORY SMART CLASSROOMS & MNRI MOVEMENT GROUPS Our classrooms are currently undergoing a transformation into sensory-smart classrooms, and we began MNRI movement groups with our occupational therapist, Kristy Stamper. The overall goal of both […] Read more…
Growing Together Preschool Made Our Family Stronger and Happier
Aiden’s parents contacted GTP in the spring of 2014. AT the time, Aiden was attending another childcare center where his days went smoothly until he transitioned to a new classroom. In the classroom Aiden began having tantrums and outbursts, and was spending most of his day in the director’s office. Aiden’s parents felt the classroom […] Read more…
Have You Met Leeann?
A young woman ascends the stage, smiles and accepts her award. The young woman is Leeann Noland. She is twenty years old, has Down syndrome and is profoundly deaf. She is accepting the United Way of the Bluegrass’ highest honor, the Courage Award. The Courage Award is given to a person who has overcome personal […] Read more…
When Is Food About More Than Food?
When you’re a part of the GTP family! Over the past year, GTP has done a major overhaul to our meal service offerings. You may or may not have seen us touting that we became pioneers once again in 2014 by launching the state of Kentucky’s first Kentucky Proud Farm to Preschool program. However, the […] Read more…