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Growing Social offers gardening projects, cooking projects, and time enjoying farm animals as part of its sessions. Many sessions take place on a small farmstead where these activities are used as part of the program structure.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
• Price: $300.00 deposit plus $50 non-refundable processing fee ($350 due with the completed applications packet); if a family forgoes the scheduled spot once they’ve received a confirmation, a $100.00 processing fee will be retained and the remainder of the deposit returned; if they are unable to place a student in a group, the student will be placed on the waiting list and the deposit will be returned in full (minus the processing fee)
Growing Social was founded in 2013 by Amy Miller, M.A., CCC-SLP, and Stephanie Madrigal, M.A., CCC-SLP. The program offers social learning in a highly motivating outdoor environment, with both individual and small, carefully matched group options, and teletherapy available for students, families, and teachers. It uses gardening and cooking projects and farm animals to practice social concepts and was founded to teach social learning in an enriching, garden-based environment. Services are offered to students ages five through adult and include a focus on educating and celebrating neurodiversity and uplifting parents and caregivers.
Amy Miller, M.A., CCC-SLP, is a Speech and Language Pathologist specializing in working with students with social learning differences, has worked as a clinician for Michelle Winner’s Center for Social Thinking, served as clinic director for the nonprofit Teach Social, and completed an apprenticeship in Agroecology through the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems at the University of Santa Cruz. Stephanie Madrigal, M.A., CCC-SLP, is a Speech-Language Pathologist specializing in working with students with social learning challenges, worked alongside Michelle Winner of “Social Thinking” in San Jose for 15 years, created the internationally recognized children’s learning concept “Superflex©,” taught students from kindergarten through adult, and trained teachers, parents, and professionals across the country and beyond. Growing Social is a women owned company.
The program’s stated intention is that families find more than high quality therapy and find a community that educates, celebrates neurodiversity, uplifts parents and caregivers, and is a soft place to land. Testimonials describe Amy and Stephanie using their farm as a backdrop for teaching the growth of social emotional learning, individualizing treatment based on student needs, and applying social thinking concepts while tending to farm animals, harvesting vegetables, cooking, and working on shared projects. Families report that students participated in social groups where they could practice social skills and talk about challenges, and some parents describe ongoing connections with other caregivers after years in the program.
Last updated March 13, 2026.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
• Price: $300.00 deposit plus $50 non-refundable processing fee ($350 due with the completed applications packet); if a family forgoes the scheduled spot once they’ve received a confirmation, a $100.00 processing fee will be retained and the remainder of the deposit returned; if they are unable to place a student in a group, the student will be placed on the waiting list and the deposit will be returned in full (minus the processing fee)
Growing Social was founded in 2013 by Amy Miller, M.A., CCC-SLP, and Stephanie Madrigal, M.A., CCC-SLP. The program offers social learning in a highly motivating outdoor environment, with both individual and small, carefully matched group options, and teletherapy available for students, families, and teachers. It uses gardening and cooking projects and farm animals to practice social concepts and was founded to teach social learning in an enriching, garden-based environment. Services are offered to students ages five through adult and include a focus on educating and celebrating neurodiversity and uplifting parents and caregivers.
Amy Miller, M.A., CCC-SLP, is a Speech and Language Pathologist specializing in working with students with social learning differences, has worked as a clinician for Michelle Winner’s Center for Social Thinking, served as clinic director for the nonprofit Teach Social, and completed an apprenticeship in Agroecology through the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems at the University of Santa Cruz. Stephanie Madrigal, M.A., CCC-SLP, is a Speech-Language Pathologist specializing in working with students with social learning challenges, worked alongside Michelle Winner of “Social Thinking” in San Jose for 15 years, created the internationally recognized children’s learning concept “Superflex©,” taught students from kindergarten through adult, and trained teachers, parents, and professionals across the country and beyond. Growing Social is a women owned company.
The program’s stated intention is that families find more than high quality therapy and find a community that educates, celebrates neurodiversity, uplifts parents and caregivers, and is a soft place to land. Testimonials describe Amy and Stephanie using their farm as a backdrop for teaching the growth of social emotional learning, individualizing treatment based on student needs, and applying social thinking concepts while tending to farm animals, harvesting vegetables, cooking, and working on shared projects. Families report that students participated in social groups where they could practice social skills and talk about challenges, and some parents describe ongoing connections with other caregivers after years in the program.
Last updated March 13, 2026.
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