Mission and Philosophy
Threshold Community Program is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the social, emotional and educational growth of neurodivergent individuals and their families within a therapeutic learning environment.
We value all forms of diversity, identity and relationships, and we are committed to cultivating and preserving a culture of equity, inclusion, and advocacy through community engagement.
We envision a world that prioritizes respect and acceptance of every person, and we seek to make this vision a reality.
Threshold Community Program is one of only a few programs in the country that has explicitly embraced Stanley Greenspan’s Developmental, Individual-differences, & Relationship-based (DIR)/Floortime model as the foundation of its approach. We believe that healthy social-emotional development is the key to success in the social realm, the academic realm, and in the “real world.” The DIR/Floortime model is a broad framework for understanding how development occurs, how emotions relate to learning, and how we can best interact to foster growth in social-emotional and cognitive areas. In addition to using the principles of the DIR model to guide us, we also use a variety of broad teaching approaches and specific strategies to address the individual needs of each adolescent and adult participant.
Directors & Staff
Executive Directors
Beth Champ
Dave Nelson
Staff
Grace Berke
Betsy Bull
Melissa Burton
Sarah Champ
Melissa Davis
Drica Dennis
Gini Hazen
Bethany Henson
Jimmy Holt
Justine Hybl
Kristen Maddox
Kaitlyn Morris
Kanishka Patel
Kamal Pearson
Jordan Spurlin
Maggie Vrana
Interns and Student Teachers
Destine Bibbs
Chasity Bowers
Andrea Castaneda
Helena Hoffman
Myochi Johnson
Kendall Kruszewski
Amari Morgan
Board of Directors
Tamara Agarwal
Laura Akins
Beth Champ
Ben Chapman
JoJo Gilbert-Ross
Lynn Holliday
Meredith McCoyd
Dave Nelson
Jocelyn Ralston
Employment
Threshold Community Program is looking for enthusiastic, compassionate and hard-working individuals who seek to join a community of advocacy and empowerment where contribution and collaboration are priorities. We value experience in disability support, special education, mental health, adolescent and young adult services, creative therapies and social justice work. We offer competitive salaries, full benefits packages and significant vacation time. More importantly, we are a community of dedicated professionals united in our mission of progressive support of marginalized peoples and are an equal opportunity employer. If you are interested in exploring career opportunities with us, please send your resume and cover letter to info@thresholdcommunity.org.
Field Experiences
Threshold Community Program welcomes counseling interns, student teachers and administrative interns, with start dates at the beginning of Fall and Spring semesters. TCP invites colleges and universities to collaborate with our staff to train and nurture future counselors, educators and administrators.
As an intern or student teacher at TCP, you are here as part of your undergraduate or graduate education and we want you to get as much out of the experience as possible. Internships and Student Teaching are different from other educational activities in that you are actually embedded in the organization. TCP relies on you to provide essential services to its participants and families for the duration of the field experience.