Shannon Zish
Unspoken Thoughts LLC
📍Fairfax, Virginia
About Shannon
Shannon Zish is the Founder and Supervising Teacher at Unspoken Thoughts, LLC, located in Fairfax, VA. She holds an MA in Applied Developmental Psychology and provides individuals with motor impairments, limited functional speech, and autism the opportunity to access appropriate education while gaining meaningful independence and autonomy. Shannon assesses each student's current ability to learn and demonstrate their understanding, then sets incremental goals to increase learning tolerance, ability to purposefully respond, and communication complexity. Unspoken Thoughts serves the DC, MD, and VA areas and offers communication development, advanced motor skills, life skills training, hobbies, community building, and employment support. Shannon is willing to travel nationally and internationally for workshops and consulting services.
Services & Availability
Virtual Sessions
Available — serves families nationwide
In-Person Sessions
Available in Fairfax, Virginia
Languages
English
Practicing Since
2019 (7+ years)
Certification & Training
HALO Level 4 Certified
Highest HALO certification level. Long-term practitioner with extensive experience, often offering workshops and traveling nationally.
RPM / HALO
Rapid Prompting Method, developed by Soma Mukhopadhyay. Uses letterboards with an academic-first, fast-paced approach to unlock communication in nonspeaking individuals.
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