News & Announcements

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Announcements

• Conference Announcements- Held at Wildwood Programs, 1190 Troy-Schenectady Road
  Latham, New York- RSVP Gladys Askew - (518) 640-3318.

• Waking up to a Better Day-Tuesday, July 14, 2009- 9:00AM - 11:00AM
  
• Special Education Services: Enhance Your Involvement in the IEP Process!-Tuesday, August 4, 2009-9:00AM- 11:30AM
  
  
• Campaign for Wildwood Programs
  
  We are extremely pleased to report that Wildwood has raised over $5,050,000 towards Phase I of “Every day; The Campaign for Wildwood”. With the addition of a $450,000 Challenge grant from The Kresge Foundation, the total amount raised from all sources for Wildwood’s campaign exceeds $5.5 million.
  
  We will be sharing additional information about the success of Wildwood’s campaign in the near future. In the mean time, we’d like to take this opportunity to thank all Wildwood campaign volunteers and donors for sharing your time, treasure, talent to support Wildwood. Your generosity has not only helped Wildwood achieve incredible fundraising success, your support has also enhanced the strength of Wildwood Programs.
  
  Wildwood Programs was awarded a Certificate of Merit from the New York State Psychological Association for being a psychologically healthy work place. The award is presented by the NYSPA, a private non-profit professional organization whose mission is to advance the science and practice of psychology while supporting excellence in education, training, research, advocacy and service. Wildwood was recognized for excellence in employee communication, employee involvement and employee family support.

• Family and Community Services Awarded New Family Support Autism Reimbursement Grant (Click here for more information)

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Resources Available

• Grief Work Book Available: We all need to talk about our feelings when someone close to us has died. This can be particularly difficult for individuals with intellectual or communication challenges. To help facilitate healthy grieving for these individuals, clinicians from Wildwood and The Community Hospice have developed a workbook entitled, "A Very Special Person Has Died". The workbook was presented at the NYSACRA Conference with very positive reviews. For further information &/or a free copy, contact emarrone@wildwood.edu

• To download or read Wildwood Programs' Reaching Out publications click here

• To download or read Wildwood Programs' 2007-2009 Strategic Plan click here