We want to send a huge congratulations to our very own Ms. Mikey and her husband John on the birth of their son Bennett! We wish their little family all the best and cannot wait to meet this sweet boy. Congratulations!

Have a wonderful Easter weekend all! See you Monday!

A little reminder we are closed for PD today, Thursday April 10 2025 no in home or center based sessions today. See you tomorrow!

The changes we have seen in so many of our kiddos here have been incredible. We are so proud of their hard work and love seeing and hearing so many wonderful things!

Happy autism acceptance, awareness, advocacy & amazing ness month! Whether you wear blue, red, or rainbows, whether it’s puzzle pieces, ribbons, or infinity however YOU choose to show your support is welcomed. Here’s to the official month of autism awareness, though where we are we love showing our support every single day!

We are hiring!! If you are looking for a rewarding career working with children with autism, come join us! Scan the QR code or email us at info@growingtreeinstitute.com to apply today!

Tomorrow, Friday March 21 is World Down Syndrome Day! Wear your fun socks in support of how unique we all are!

Friendly reminder everyone! We’re closed for PD this Thursday March 20, 2025!

Free event happening this week!

Happy International Women’s Day!

It’s employee appreciation day! We are so grateful for our amazing staff who we appreciate every single day! GTI wouldn’t be who we are without the wonderful people that show up everyday! Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your dedication and hard work. 🎉👏🏻

Sending a huge Congratulations to our very own Ms. Roxie on the new addition to her already beautiful family! We can’t wait to meet your new sweet girl and wish you all the best! ❤️

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! We hope you have a wonderful day with the ones you love ❤️

See you a little later today friends! Drive safe!

Due to the impending weather conditions and our need for everyone’s safety The Growing Tree Institute LLC will be CLOSED tomorrow February 6 2025! Stay safe everyone

2 hour delay friends! Be safe out there this am!

Happy February!

Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day! A man who should truly be celebrated for all he accomplished and we must ensure his legacy lives on.

Ms. Grace is officially a BCBA!!! We are so proud of you and all of your hard work! 💚 Can’t wait to see the difference that you make! Congrats, Ms. Grace!! #bcba #proud

Happy Monday everyone! It’s a chilly one today! Wishing you all a wonderful week ahead.

Wishing everyone a very Happy New Year! 2024 was filled with so many exciting developments from new friends joining, new staff and new daytime programming! Excited for the future here at GTI and all that 2025 will bring!

Delayed opening everyone! Be safe on the roads out there

Happy First Snow Day of the 2024/2025 school year!

It’s small business Saturday! While we are not a “shopping” small business we are indeed a small business! Be sure to shop small and support the little guys this holiday season. Sure Amazon deals are great but so are the deals at small businesses all around! Yankee candle or @coventrycandleco? Crayola or non toxic options at @humble.fox? Starbucks or our neighbor LuAnn’s Coffee down the street? Be sure to check out those and so many other great options! Know of some places? Shout them out so others can find some hidden gems as well!

We’re teaming up with WeGym in West Hartford this weekend for a relaxing yoga session followed by a brief presentation and self care holiday gifts by us here at GTI! Wanna join in for the fun? Use the link below to register! https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=5736774&stype=-7&sView=day&sLoc=0&sTrn=100000002&date=12/01/24

With November and December having so many events we thought maybe this could help! The week of December break is still pending. We’ll keep families updated as it gets closer! Happy holiday season!

Wishing all those who served a happy Veterans Day. Share your beloved veterans in the comments! We want to make sure all are recognized!

We had some serious creativity for this years door decorating contest!

Happy Halloween everyone! Don’t forget your costumes today and tomorrow for our pre k and social skills group Halloween parties!

Happy October to all!

Our Oak Trees have been working hard practicing their community skills and were able to put those skills to the test at the Big E! We had a blast going on rides, playing games, and eating some delicious food! #thebige #communityouting #lifeskills

Don’t forget friends. We’re closed this Thursday September 19th 2025 for professional development!

What’s happening at GTI in September? Here’s the info!

Check out this program for those who may need some practice before taking a flight!

We hope all kiddos, teachers, administrators and parents have a wonderful first day back to school! We love seeing the first day back pictures and how much kiddos have grown over the years. Fall programming at the center starts on Tuesday, September 3rd and we can’t wait to hear about everyone’s first week. Happy new school year!

And that’s a wrap on Summer 2024 at GTI! We are so proud of all of the hard work and progress our kiddos have made! Here are some highlights from our last week, Spirit Week! Our friends went out to breakfast wearing our PJs, made fun tie dye shirts, went to get ice cream, and had our giant final water play! We’re going to miss having all of our friends all together but are excited for all the fun this school year will bring 💚 #gtisummer2024 #summervibes #klotersicecream

Dont forget to wear your craziest combination tomorrow for wacky Wednesday! Colorful hair, different socks, mismatched clothing go crazy! See you in the am!

Spirit week continues with day 2 color wars! Wear your groups color to show your spirit!

It’s hard to believe but next week is our last week of summer 2024 programming! This summer certainly flew by but we had such a great time! See below for the spirit week themes and come ready for some serious fun!

August is here! Time for a few more weeks of summer then it’s already back to school time!

Did you know that yoga for kids not only gives them a chance to stretch and move their bodies but it’s also been proven to improve concentration, emotional regulation, and connection with others? A huge thank you to @wegym_weha for the incredible yoga mats so that we can comfortably do our stretching and yoga every day! Plus what a fun print!

We love seeing the kiddos here at the center continue to grow and learn! We’re about half way through the summer program already and looking forward to the second half of fun!

Some highlights from Camping Week 🏕️ We enjoyed making some delicious s’mores and, of course, water play! Our Oak Tree group did a wonderful job during their very first Mentor Day! Our older friends helped our little ones with working on many of their goals from brushing teeth to play skills 💚

Happy 4th of July! Reminder we are closed today, Thursday July 4th, and tomorrow, Friday July 5th, we will re open regular summer hours on Monday July 8th! Stay safe this weekend!

We kicked off summer 2024 with career and community helper week. Special guest @southwindsorpolicedepartment even came by to show us their cruisers! Kids and staff alike enjoyed checking out the inside of the cars, seeing all the gadgets, watching the lights, and even got to take a few pictures with the officers! What a great time for these now Junior officers. Now onto week 2 where we celebrate holidays in July.

We’re so excited for tomorrow! Summer 2024 programming begins tomorrow for all our wonderful families who registered. We can’t wait for all the fun!

Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there! Any way you define yourself as dad today we celebrate you! Dads, grandpas, step dads, dads to be, we are so grateful for all the wonderful fathers and father figures out there!

Reminder we are closed for training next week. We will re open for summer program attendees Monday June 24th! For non summer kiddos have a great summer and we’ll see you in the fall!

Summer prep. We were helpful with moving branches we promise! #gtisummer2024

A note to all our wonderful families! We are closed June 17-21st for summer training! June 14th is the last day for in home and center based services until September. Looking forward to another wonderful summer here at GTI!

Happy June! Exiting things ahead here at GTI! It’s our 4th summer program and we are so excited for all the fun!

We will be closed Monday May 27th 2024 in observance of Memorial Day. Normal services will resume on Tuesday May 28th.

Throw back to summer 2022! We are still working to fundraise for our water play area! We’re just over half way there but need your help! Click the link below or in our bio to learn more! Thank you! https://my.cheddarup.com/c/making-summer-water-play-safer

A rainy afternoon meant it was a good day for some Bingo in our afternoon social skills group!

Celebrating all Moms today! We hope you have a wonderful Mother’s Day!

It’s a beautiful day! 80 and sunny! We hope everyone gets to spend some time taking in the sunshine ☀️ we know our afternoon social group will certainly be outside enjoying it! Also we give every permission to get some ice cream. It’s a necessity right? Happy Tuesday!

April may have ended but that doesn’t meant autism acceptance ended. Let’s hear it for the moms (and the dads!) who work tirelessly for their kiddos. Shuffling them to appointments, therapies, schools, activities doing all they can to give their child every opportunity. We see you, we applaud you and we appreciate you.

Happy Earth Day! Do something today to celebrate our beautiful earth and help it stay healthy! Pick up any trash you see outside, use a reusable water bottle, plant a tree or walk somewhere in this beautiful sunshine instead of driving a car.

Help up make our play area safer for water play this summer! Consider donating towards our fundraiser below so that we can enjoy more outside time during our full day summer programming! https://making-summer-water-play-safer.cheddarup.com

Happy Friday! Here’s to a great weekend ahead!

Just a little reminder that this week is our full day April break week! There is only center based sessions from 9-3 Monday thru Thursday this week for those who pre registered. There will be no afternoon social skills or any in home sessions this week! We will resume regularly scheduled sessions next Monday April 15th!

Sessions will go on as scheduled today! No delays or closures here but if anything changes we will update families. Drive safe everyone and tell Mother Nature its April!!

Check out our April Social Skills Newsletters!

Happy Autism Awareness/Acceptance month! We see you, we appreciate you, and were here for you always.

It’s Easter weekend! That means events, extra sugar and maybe some added stress too. Don’t forget to take some time for yourself this weekend. You deserve it!

Things change as kiddos get older. Essential ADLs like making coffee become of utmost importance.

A little reminder for you today! Happy Tuesday and always remember how amazing you are!

Don’t forget to rock those socks for Down syndrome awareness day!

Don’t forget to move those clocks forward! The sunshine lasts longer starting tomorrow!

The more you know. IEP meetings can be stressful, the leap up can daunting but know that you have rights, so many rights and you can exercise them! Your child’s future and education is in your control too!

It’s Employee Appreciation Day! We can say with absolute certainty that one day a year is not nearly enough to show the appreciation we have for our amazing staff here, but given that it’s the holiday for it, we will shout them out! Our staff is unlike any other. The dedication, patience, kindness, love, and all around incredibleness is something we are so grateful to have. So here’s to you GTI staff. We appreciate you all and wish you a magical day!

Happy Tuesday! What a nice change to see AND feel such sunshine today!

Some highlights from our Valentine’s Day parties last week ❤️ We shared lots of love and fun making crafts, making heart-shaped pizzas, and playing plenty of games 💕

Happy Valentines Day!

Due to the impending storm The Growing Tree Institute will be CLOSED on Tuesday February 13th 2024. Have a great snow day everyone!

We’re keeping a close eye on Winter Storm Birch. Any closings or delays with The Growing Tree Institute LLC will be posted here on our social media pages and also on WFSB and WTNH news stations. Emails will also be sent to any families who had sessions. We are not closing as of now but will update as soon as we know!

According to our friend Punxsutawney Phil’s prediction this past Friday, Spring is on the way! Whose ready for some sunshine and warmer days? We know our friends at The Growing Tree Institute certainly are! Bring on that outside time!

It doesnt always seem possible but remember you cant pour from an empty cup. Taking care of yourself is just as important, sometimes even more important, than taking care of everyone else around you. Find ways to do self care whenever possible wether it be going for a walk, grabbing yourself a Starbucks, listening to a pod cast or maybe just laying in bed. Ask for help when needed and always remember things like laundry, dishes, and chores can wait. You matter too and in these hard winter months make sure to prioritize yourself too!

Due to the icy road conditions this am The Growing Tree Institute LLC will be opening at 11 am. All sessions held prior to that time will be cancelled. Thank you all and be safe!