meet Beth
Let's focus on who your child IS... not who you've been told they'll never be.
From day one, I tell my students, "I know you're smart, I know you've got tons of knowledge inside; now let's teach you how to get it out."
The spontaneous joy they respond with says it all: "Finally someone knows!!"
Sadly, doctors, therapists, and teachers - the experts we've relied on - have been missing the crucial piece that non-speakers have known all along... their issue is motor control, not cognition.
I'm Beth Frede, the first Certified Spelling to Communicate Practitioner in New Hampshire, and I've seen the life-changing impact of S2C for my students (nonspeakers, minimal speakers, and unreliable speakers with autism and other sensory motor differences) and their families, as well as for my own family (proud aunt of an "open" speller here!).
From basic information ("My eye hurts") to unexpected revelations ("I know fluent Spanish") to dreams and goals ("I want to study Economics")*** communication changes everything.
The best day to start is today. I'd love to guide you through this process!
***Real quotes from real spellers
Why Spelling to Communicate?
Feeling Lost
Communication Leads to Regulation
Feeling Lost
Therapies. Treatments. You've tried them all, but nothing made the difference you hoped for. Still, you just know there's something more for your child. You've been hearing about S2C and wonder, "Could this approach possibly work for us?"
Now We Know
Communication Leads to Regulation
Feeling Lost
Nonspeakers have a form of apraxia, making on-demand motor control
- including speech - difficult.
Open spellers say
their issue is motor,
not cognition.
S2C teaches the purposeful motor of communication through spelling.
Communication Leads to Regulation
Communication Leads to Regulation
Communication Leads to Regulation
Communication means your child can tell you when they're hurt, worried or anxious. Imagine being able to effectively help them feel less stressed and more in control.
Deeper Connection
Communication Leads to Regulation
Communication Leads to Regulation
Who is your child? What do they like, think, and feel? What have they always wanted to tell you?
With S2C, you can finally ask them. Relationships become a two-way street like never before.
Thriving vs. Surviving
Dignity and Respect for Your Child
Their Safety, Your Peace of Mind
With open communication, your child can go far beyond getting their basic needs met. Friendships, choices, a sense of control over their day-to-day offers a quality of life that simply can't exist without it.
Their Safety, Your Peace of Mind
Dignity and Respect for Your Child
Their Safety, Your Peace of Mind
Nonspeakers with reliable communication can advocate for themselves. You no longer have to be present with your child every moment to know that they're okay. Communication makes them safer.
A Life Well-Lived
Dignity and Respect for Your Child
Dignity and Respect for Your Child
Communication doesn't take autism away, but it takes away so much stress and guesswork. There is nothing more human than the desire to be known, seen, and understood. Communication is a
basic human right.
Dignity and Respect for Your Child
Dignity and Respect for Your Child
Dignity and Respect for Your Child
WHAT FAMILIES SAY, continued
"As the parents of a 32-year-old man with nonspeaking autism, we have met many wonderful people that have worked with our boy from paraprofessionals to administrators to numerous practitioners and therapists. We believe the ideal qualities of the person to work with him are empathy, kindness, caring, soft speech and an overwhelming amount of patience. Rarely do you find someone that embodies all of these traits, yet we have found one in Beth Frede. She is an integral part of our Spelling to Communicate effort, working directly with our son as well as training his daily support people to use the S2C system to help them communicate with him. Beth is helping us change his life and that of our entire family." - Neil and Lori Rogers