she/hers
white / cis able-bodied / chronically ill autistic |
LUCY GREIN
parent consulting
about
Hi there! I am an emerging parent consultant with a background in behavior management, curriculum development, and trauma informed care. I specialize in early childhood education and working with neurodivergent students. I practice a strengths-based approach to help families build functional systems. As an autistic professional, my career has been shaped by my unique perspective and passion for connection.
I am based out of Portland, OR, but have lived in many cities around the world. I spend my time basking in the love of my family and animals, wandering about outdoors, and always listening to and/or writing music.
I am based out of Portland, OR, but have lived in many cities around the world. I spend my time basking in the love of my family and animals, wandering about outdoors, and always listening to and/or writing music.
my journey
I have led a winding path that has shaped this ever-evolving career. It all began with my first job as a summer camp counselor for a local nonprofit, My Voice Music (MVM). I received what I believe will be the greatest mentorship of my life over seven summers. I went into my undergraduate program wide-eyed and excited; I studied history and historiography at Macalester College, but ultimately withdrew from the program because I could not connect the dots between my passions and my studies. This led me to World Around Us childcare center where I experienced the dysfunctional systems that impact early childhood education. I transitioned to working with families as a private nanny and curriculum designer and fell in love with the intimate connections I was fostering. After receiving my autism diagnosis, meandering my way through a global pandemic, and embracing the death of my dear friend and mentor, the founder of MVM, I discovered parent education. I decided to finish my education at Portland State University, where I carved out the path forward as a parenting consultant. This work answers the questions of my past, present, and future; it is what ties me to my community and moves me beyond the realms I already know. The image below is a visual representation of my journey as well as a list of the core facets of my work. Most recently, I have designed the Intuitive Energy Model (IEM) with my partner, a local curriculum writer and early childhood educator. I will leading a workshop in IEM at the Oregon Parent Educator's Conference in May 2023. Clearly, my adventure continues, so stay tuned!
psu capstone: effective change-making
The Effective Change Agent (ECA) capstone at PSU is for the community builders among us. It centers the development of skills necessary to promote effective change in our community. When I was 18, I thought I knew what an undergrad senior thesis entailed -- mountains of research and drafts and pages and revisions... I was happily disproven. I love a research paper and expected to round out my wandering academic career with a thesis to prove for it, however this class has been the calling card to my roots in community building. I did not know how my experiences at MVM shaped my core values until I found parent ed. work and felt the opportunity to support my community in the way I had been supported as a young teen. This course has reinforced my commitment to community based work through readings, volunteering, and most of all, discussion. My peers and professor have empowered me through earnest and active listening; I have been safe to push myself further along the journey because of their kindness and recognition. Thank you, ECA students from Winter 2023 for your support, I would not be where I am without you.
parent consulting
I have worked with children for over a decade. My career has informed a holistic, trauma-informed, and strengths based approach to working with the foundational units of our communities: families. I have developed an expertise for working with children with a specialty in neurodivergent youth, behavior management, and curriculum development. However, I was called to work with parents when I repeatedly saw the stress and anxiety parents face, especially when trying to navigate the disruptive behaviors they would hire me to help with. I believe that parents deserve support that specifically looks like trainings and tools that encourage the development their own intuitive practices for raising their children.
My partner (also a Portland based child educator) and I are developing a theory to describe the motivations behind reactions called the Intuitive Energy Model. It is grounded in behavioral science, psychology, and philosophy and describes the phenomenological truths that inform our intuitive responses. I am approaching this development of this model from an experiential standpoint -- I actively practice the evaluation that is possible when IEM is effectively used to assess the behaviors I diagnose in children. My goal is to teach parents how to use IEM and practice Intuitive Parenting as an application of the model. As mentioned above, I will be speaking about IEM at the Oregon Parent Educators Conference in May 2023 to lead a workshop on connecting to one's intuition as a parent educator and helping foster the same experience with parents and caregivers.
My partner (also a Portland based child educator) and I are developing a theory to describe the motivations behind reactions called the Intuitive Energy Model. It is grounded in behavioral science, psychology, and philosophy and describes the phenomenological truths that inform our intuitive responses. I am approaching this development of this model from an experiential standpoint -- I actively practice the evaluation that is possible when IEM is effectively used to assess the behaviors I diagnose in children. My goal is to teach parents how to use IEM and practice Intuitive Parenting as an application of the model. As mentioned above, I will be speaking about IEM at the Oregon Parent Educators Conference in May 2023 to lead a workshop on connecting to one's intuition as a parent educator and helping foster the same experience with parents and caregivers.