Archive for June 2021

Congratulations to Adult Program participant Max M for his commitment to his studies at Cape Cod Community College! Residential Manager Holly Hanlon shared the happy news that Max has been invited to participate in the Honors Program at the college. In this program, class sizes are smaller and research opportunities are frequent – allowing Honors Program…

Latham Centers cordially invites family, friends, and loved ones to attend the staff Juneteenth Celebration on Monday, June 21, 2021! Our Juneteenth committee, composed of members from Children’s and Adult Services, encourages all staff to attend this virtual celebration. The more attendees, the merrier — please invite your friends, family, and colleagues to attend this…

  Please don’t miss “Prader-Willi Strong with Latham Centers” Anne Fricke, a parent of a beautiful daughter with PWS, produces a podcast for everyone involved in the PWS community. In Anne’s “Walking with Freya” podcast episode 78, Patrice Carroll, Brittni Kliment, and Katrina Fryklund discuss the Latham Centers program ranging from residential aspects, SMART Home…

This is the second blog in our series about how the Latham Centers community is coming together in celebration of Juneteenth. In the days leading up to June 19th we’ll see more of the Juneteenth flags waving on flag posts around the country. What does the flag mean?* The Star: “The white star in the…

Last month, we celebrated National Nurses Week. The annual celebration concludes on May 12th, the birthday of Florence Nightingale, who is known around the world as the founder of modern nursing. It is fitting that we honor those who have followed her and dedicated their lives to caring for others. We shared highlights from a…

At our June 2nd Community Meeting, Patrice Carroll asked students if anyone could tell her what Juneteenth is. A typically verbose crowd of students was stumped! Katrina Fryklund noted, “This reaction epitomizes why Latham Centers has formed a committee of members from the Children’s and Adult Services Programs to celebrate Juneteenth as an organization and…

At Latham, we LOVE our nurses! During a virtual nursing conference last month, Adult Program Nurse Manager Shanna Cipro was honored in a moving speech during the DDS videoconference. Gina Sheehan, Director of Adult Services, paid tribute to Shanna: “I am honored to be here today at the closing of the Department of Development Services’ Nursing Appreciation…

We join Patrice Carroll and Katrina Fryklund in thanking everyone who volunteered to participate in Latham Centers’ PWS Awareness Month recordings! Every day throughout the month of May, we highlighted one of the many amazing things about the person with PWS. In today’s video, Izzy says excellently, “People with PWS may learn differently, but can achieve…