May is Prader-Willi Syndrome Awareness Month. At Latham, we take this month to focus on community awareness. This is our time to spread the word and teach our communities about the needs of our kids and adults. PWS Fact: Mothers of children with PWS are some of the strongest, most tenacious and hopeful people that…
May is Prader-Willi Syndrome Awareness Month. At Latham, we take this month to focus on community awareness. This is our time to spread the word and teach our communities about the needs of our kids and adults. PWS Fact: People with PWS have a high pain tolerance. Injuries can go undetected because their threshold…
To those of us in the PWS community spreading awareness happens everyday. At each doctors appointment, IEP, sometimes even a trip to the store ends up spreading more awareness than we care to spread! But for one month each year we get to unabashedly talk about the syndrome that we love to everyone and anyone…
May is Prader-Willi Syndrome Awareness Month. At Latham, we take this month to focus on community awareness. This is our time to spread the word and teach our communities about the needs of our kids and adults. Throughout the month, Patrice Carroll, our PWS specialist, will be posting a different fact. PWS Fact: PWS is a…
What an exciting time on Cape Cod as the days become longer, flowers bloom and new delicate aromas permeate the air as the water surrounding Cape Cod gets just a bit warmer. May will be filled with a plethora of events: Saturday May 7- Brewster in Bloom, Craft Fair at Drummer Boy Park Sunday May…
Annually Latham Centers’ runners raise approximately $20,000 through the Falmouth Road Race to support our life-changing programs for the children and adults who call Latham home. Do you enjoy running? Do you find Falmouth beautiful? Do you like to support local non-profits? If you answered yes to one or more of these questions now’s…
Mike Payne What do you enjoy most about your job? Working to make a difference in the lives of our students. Working with dedicated staff. What do you love about working with individuals with PWS or other complex special needs? I like how challenging it is. I like being able to…
Getting your child to find the motivation to exercise can be a challenge but is immensely important to their overall health. Children and adults with PWS can struggle with coordination and that coupled with low muscle tone make exercising difficult. Here are some ways to incorporate exercise into your child’s everyday routine: Join in. Your child…
Latham Centers’ newest addition to the website is the Virtual Tour! Take a look at twenty images ranging from the classrooms and the library, to the Asinotherapy Program and Transitional Living Environments for our older students. Click here to take the tour!
For over 15 years the Masonic Angel Foundation of Orleans has been giving to the students of Latham Centers. President and CEO of Latham, Anne McManus, began working with members of the Masonic Lodge when students’ individualistic needs were not being met because of a lack of funding. Currently, Gerry Pouliot, Director of Children’s Services,…
Latham School:
Reaching for the Future
At Latham School, children from 8 years to young adults of 22 years are under the care of a special needs teacher and aide. In small home room classes of eight or fewer students. …Read more.
Latham Centers:
Safe Passage to Adulthood
While some Latham children return home to family or enroll in programs closer to home, others may transition to our Adult Programs or remain on Cape Cod to live independently …Read more.
Ways to Give
You can Make a Difference
A gift to Latham Centers will make a difference in the life of each and every individual we serve. To make it as easy as possible for you to donate, we offer a variety of gift vehicles …Read more.