Increasing Awareness & Acceptance While Empowering the Autistic Community with Sarah Greim

Be The Good Media strives to elevate the GOOD - amplifying compassion-driven stories and encouraging the support of people and organizations who are focused on creating a lasting and positive impact. Christy McCaffrey is the owner, producer, and host of the podcast. She focuses on a theme of compassion, highlighting a diverse group of guests, each who is working in their own unique way to make a difference in their communities and in society. 

Sarah Greim is the executive director at The Timothy School. The Timothy School is the oldest nonprofit-approved private school in Pennsylvania devoted exclusively to teaching students with Autism. The Timothy School works to empower students with autism to achieve their greatest potential. Sarah started working for The Timothy School right after college and has been there for twenty-three years.

Sarah shares with Christy how she and her team are working to expand the reach of their mission and vision to increase community awareness, acceptance, and support for individuals with autism

Timestamps:

1:22 - Sarah’s intro

3:55 - How did The Timothy School start and what was their mission?

6:40 - How do you encourage students to practice skills?

12:35 - How does The Timothy School help to build awareness, acceptance and support? 

16:40 - What makes the culture and community so special outside of the classroom?

18:40 - How does keeping staff for long periods help the students?

21:35 - What is your favorite story of an alumni of The Timothy School?

23:45 - What does compassion mean to you? How is it important to the autistic community?

28:30 - How can listeners help to support The Timothy School?

https://thetimothyschool.org/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-timothy-school/about/

https://www.instagram.com/thetimothyschool/

https://www.facebook.com/Timothyschool/