Jan Caswell is a deafness consultant in various categories, from education to employment, counseling to interpreting, human services from early intervention to eldercare, for more than four decades. She developed…
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Families from seventeen communities gather at the Eric Carle Museum for fun morning out
…the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) and the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, MA. On this sunny morning, toddlers celebrated the beginning of summer with beach…
Career Skills Workshop at the Amherst Survival Center
…for the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES), Crystal Cartwright, Vocational Coordinator for Amherst Regional High School, and Anne Barnes from Community Action. Panelists included two employees of University of Massachusetts,…
Congratulations to SPIFFY Steering Committee member Taylor McAndrew!
The city of Northampton has hired Taylor McAndrew as the new Prevention Team Director in the Department of Health and Human Services! Taylor McAndrew, a SPIFFY Steering Committee member and…
Teaching Disability History: How the Civil War Changed Disability and American Government
…and vastly expanded state and Federal services to aid veterans after. By 1900, the U.S. had paid pensions to nearly a million veterans, justified largely by their disabilities. These changes…
Sixteen schools in five Western MA school districts awarded Digital Connections Partnership Schools Grants
…Elementary and Secondary Education (ESE) and the Office of Municipal and School Technology within the Executive Office of Technology Services (EOTSS). The grants provide funds from the state that help…
Interns gain experience in life sciences, and a paycheck
…at the Collaborative for Educational Services. “We have to treat them like adults if we expect them to act like adults.” The internships are being offered through the Collaborative for…
Exemplary Status for four CES-run After School Programs
Four after school programs managed by the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) have been awarded Exemplary status from the Exemplary Grant Program of the Massachusetts 21st CCLC Exemplary program, supported…
How Children Can Become Caring Community Members
…Corky Klimczak, one of the co-directors of the Collaborative for Educational Services’ Growing Gratitude and Generosity (G3) program. “When I ask parents what they want for their children, the answer I…
HEC Academy in Northampton Celebrates Graduates of 2024
…Station in Northampton, and featured comments from Pedro Gomes, Assistant Director Special Education; Todd H. Gazda, Executive Director at the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES); and Cathy Englehardt, Chair of…