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Schwartz Center Appoints Staff

no@spam.com (Schwartz Center For Children) — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 12:15:03 CDT

The Center appointed Ms. Leah Smith as an EI Psychologist. Ms. Smith will be responsible for assessment and service planning for children and families in the Center’s Early Intervention Program. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from University of New Hampshire and a Masters of Science in Counseling Psychology from Northeastern University. She is a native and resident of Falmouth, MA.

Schwartz Center Child Makes Great Advances

no@spam.com (Schwartz Center For Children) — Mon, 12 May 2008 15:26:08 CDT

Maureen Waltz adopted her daughter Sarah from Russia in 2003 when Sarah was just 16 months old. Weighing in at 13 pounds, Maureen, had a feeling that her daughter would face developmental issues from the start. An MRI at two years of age confirmed this hunch diagnosing Sarah with Cerebral Palsy.

Schwartz Center - Time for Toddlers

no@spam.com (Schwartz Center For Children) — Mon, 12 May 2008 15:24:14 CDT

Time for toddlers is an interactive play time for your toddler in a nurturing and stimulating safe environment for learning. Your child will be exposed to developmentally appropriate activities including:

• Language enrichment
• Arts and craft activities
• Sensory table and water play
• Indoor/outdoor motor activities

Groups meet from 2 – 2 ½ hours one time a week in an interactive setting. Please call for more information regarding fee and to register. There are a limited number of slots and scholarships available. For information, call (508) 996-3391.

Schwartz Center - Day School Classroom celebrates Valentine�s Day

no@spam.com (Schwartz Center For Children) — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:43:22 CST

Children in the Day School classroom # 7 have been very busy. Jean Arbec, teacher in that classroom, states that “for the past two weeks the children have been busy preparing and baking for this big day.”

New Bedford Kiwanis Club makes donation to Speech Therapy Department

no@spam.com (Schwartz Center For Children) — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:39:08 CST

The Schwartz Center for Children hosted the Kiwanis Club of New Bedford’s recent weekly meeting on Tuesday, February 12. The Kiwanians presented the Center with snack goodies for the Center’s children and a Spinoza Bear for the Speech Therapy Department through it’s “Buddy Bear Project.”

Schwartz Center youth tests for drivers license thanks to Amaral�s Driving School

no@spam.com (Schwartz Center For Children) — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:34:38 CST

Brennan Srisirikul, a current physical therapy client at the Schwartz Center for Children, is not deterred one bit by having cerebral palsy. This ambitious youth, like others his age, recently received his drivers license.

Extraordinary Child�s Wish Comes True

no@spam.com (Schwartz Center For Children) — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:30:29 CST

Born premature at 3 pounds and 30 weeks old, six-year-old Sabine Charles faced a myriad of complications including a complex heart defect called Tetralogy of Fallot and Pulmonary Artesia. Since her birth, she has had a total of three open heart surgeries at Children’s Hospital in Boston, a stroke and a series of seizures.

Schwartz Center for Children Hosts Perkins School for the Blind Satellite Group

no@spam.com (Schwartz Center For Children) — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:24:47 CST

Each Monday morning Mara Evans and Christine Reilly, teachers from the Perkins school for the Blind, arrive at the Schwartz Center for Children to host an innovative integrated educational partnership program with the Schwartz Center for Children.

Schwartz Center Client a film extra in �Charlie Wilson�s� War

no@spam.com (Schwartz Center For Children) — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:32:21 CST

Five-year old, Kensey Waskiewicz is a star! She plays an Afghan refugee in the now-playing movie “Charlie Wilson’s War.” Alerted to the fact that the organization “Helping Hands” was in search of amputees for an upcoming movie, the Waskiewicz family thought that there daughter would be excellent for the movie. After submitting, different photos of Kensey, they were notified that she was in fact accepted as a film extra and that she would be filming April 10 – 21st, just a few short months away.

Schwartz Center for Children hosts and trains Day School staff on the modality of deaf blind therapy

no@spam.com (Schwartz Center For Children) — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:30:39 CST

The Schwartz Center for Children is teaming up with the New England Deafblind Project to host the third-part of a Massachusetts Four-Part Deafblind Training series. This training is being hosted by Holyoke Community College, Worcester Public Schools, Schwartz Center for Children, and Perkins Training Center.