EPIC Advocacy and Consulting

Sandra Dixon Shove has been Empowering Parents of Interesting Children (EPIC) since 2006, primarily through intensive, individualized parent advocacy and mentoring services. Sandy graduated from Charter Oak College in Farmington, Connecticut with a Bachelor’s degree in Music, then completed her graduate teaching credential program at Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, specializing in Early Childhood Education. As a graduate student, she did a specialized study of Music and Language Acquisition. Over the course of her career, Sandy taught students ranging in age from toddlers to adults. She taught music privately as well as in classes and taught general curriculum from preschool through elementary grades. Sandy has served on the Executive Boards of the Autism Society of Santa Barbara and Autism Society of California, chaired the Treatment Subcommittee of the Tri-Counties Interagency Autism Task Force, is a founding member of the Women’s Organization for Special Education Professionals (WOSEP), member of the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocate