Virtual Learning Update: Our clinician-led learning component

  As we continue our Virtual Learning initiative, more students join us every week. Teachers are getting comfortable in their virtual educator positions, students are feeling more relaxed on camera and speaking up in class, and our virtual programming staff continue to incorporate innovative lessons Monday through Friday. While students continue to participate in core…

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Evening virtual activity sessions inspire peer-to-peer support

  Virtual Learning continues at Latham, and our Children’s Program team shared highlights of recent online sessions including a fitness ‘bootcamp’: During this unprecedented time, we’re all being creative in thinking about ways to support one another. Connecting and engaging through technology helps everyone feel that little sense of continuity, knowing that our friends are…

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Thank you, Cost Plus World Market, for the incredible Easter Cheer!

Nothing, not even a global pandemic, can keep the Easter Bunny from spreading cheer at Latham Centers. The entire country is practicing social distancing. Many families are choosing to scale down their Passover and Easter celebrations. Shopping trips are kept to a minimum, stock is limited, and budgets are tight. We have all seen the…

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Bolstered by Positivity: Appreciation from our Latham Community

Words of support and encouragement have never been more appreciated at Latham Centers. These comments from members of our Latham community are sure to put a smile on your face. Positive feedback boosts our staff and reminds us of the far-reaching impact of our work. “The “virtual visits” that [the assistant Principal] has provided for…

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Reflecting on a very special day for our students

We have extraordinary staff, and this heartwarming news about how they adapted plans for a Latham prom for our students last month is yet another example of their creativity and dedication. Despite the challenging times, and with many restrictions in place, staff collaborated to coordinate structure for our students on campus so they could still…

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Virtual Learning Week 2: Group clinical sessions and fun academic lessons

We continued our Virtual Learning program with Latham students last week – including multiple sessions with our clinicians as well as lessons on English Language Arts (ELA), Geography, Spanish, Science, Performing Arts, Math, and Reading. In between the lessons, Director of Education Kelly Dunn brought her mobile device on a “virtual field trip” through the classrooms. Students…

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How you can help (re-sharing staff’s wish-list with gratitude!)

Many Latham families, friends, and community members have reached out to ask how they can help our students, adult residents, and staff during this difficult time. In response, we have created an Amazon Shopping List where people can purchase items and have them shipped directly to us. Since posting our Shopping List last week, we…

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“Welcome Aboard the SS Peter Cooper!”

The residents at Latham’s Peter Cooper home would like to share some of the fun they’ve been having.  “We’re running as if we are on a cruise ship,” reported Case Manager/Vocational Counselor Debra Anderson. “Each night, the next day’s activities are posted on an Activity Board with scheduled times. This has helped clients stay motivated, active, and interested…

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Principal’s Corner: Virtual Learning brings us together

In case you missed our earlier blog posts this week highlighting the newly-launched Virtual Learning program at Latham, this photo collage will fill you in – and quite possibly leave you awestruck.  Director of Education Kelly Dunn summarized Latham School’s Virtual Learning initiative in one sentence: “The space that we have had to create is bringing Latham…

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Latham thanks Cotting School for donation of much-needed supplies

The incredible donation we received from our friends at Cotting School last week has been featured in the news in Cotting’s town of Lexington as well as here on the Cape. Latham Centers is so grateful to our maaps colleagues who provided us with dozens of boxes of gloves, sanitizing wipes, and other personal protective…

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