resource fair for special needs :-)

 

RESOURCE FAIR

Date:Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Location:Holten-Richmond Middle School,
Multi-Purpose Room, 55 Conant St.
Time:6:30- 8:30 p.m.

The Danvers Special Education Parents’ Advisory Committee is sponsoring a Resource Fair at which local and regional organizations that work with families of special needs children will have handouts and be available to answer questions about their services. We will have representatives from (confirmed at this time):

Family Support
• Special Education Attorney, Lillian Wong The Law Office of Lillian E. Wong, LLC
• New England Educational Advocacy, Angela M. Timpone, Advocate
• Autism Insurance Resource Center, Terri S. Farrell, Project Manager
• Northeast ARC – (Transition Services, Employment Services, Life Skills, and Social Skills)
• Autism and Law Enforcement Education Coalition (ALEC)
• Personal Financial Management Plus, Rich Biagiotti

Disability Services/Summer Camps
• Futures Behavioral Therapy Center – Social Skills: After school and summer camp programs
• Landmark School –Skills + Summer Workshops
• Commonwealth Learning Center – Tutoring in reading and executive functioning disorders
• Beverly YMCA – Camp Star
• Triumph Center – For child, adolescent, and young adult counseling
• Active Healing – Detoxification to realize a child’s full potential
• Ella’s Way – childhood education program to encourage broad and diverse friendships
• Kidstrong LLC – Kidstrong Motor Developmental Bootcamp – Amy Wheadon, pediatric OT
• Find Your Voice – Speech and Language Services – Jessica Peditto, SLP

Extra- Curricular Activities
• Spaulding Adaptive Sports Center
• The Artful Life Counseling and Therapy Center
• Danvers Youth Soccer Special Kickers
• Best Buddies
• Access Recreation Boston

Colleges
• UMASS Lowell – Disability Services
• Salem State University – Disability Services
• Merrimack College – The Center for Academic Enrichment
• Middlesex Community College – Disability Support Services AND Transition Program

Transition Services
• American Training Inc.
• Bass River Inc.
• CLASS, Inc. – Day Hab and Community Based Day Services
• Department of Developmental Services
• Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries – Day Habilitation and Employment Support Services
• SOAR/Embark – North Shore Educational Consortium

NEW - We will be raffling off items/services donated by some of the organizations.
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