…or even connect with various resources have an option with the Palmer-Monson Family Network. It’s a free service, too. The PMFN is a Collaborative for Educational Services program funded by…
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Michelle Mendes
…substitute teacher. Her interest in child development led her to the field of Early Intervention where she supported children birth to age three and their families in Hampden and Hampshire…
Rural School Aid in State Budget
…allowing it “to build on the success of its first year, which provided nearly 40,000 families with fresh, healthy, local food, and millions of dollars in sales to Massachusetts farmers,”…
Occupational Therapy Center develops new strategies
…families or providers are seeing, and what types of services OT could offer to help. The areas they address include gross motor skills, fine motor skills, visual perceptual skills, ADLs,…
Thank you, Heather!
…The Healthy Families and Communities Department! In addition, the work that Heather will be doing will inevitably overlap with some of the work that SPIFFY does. Heather brings unbelievable passion…
2016 Parent Guide Now Available for Local Parents
Raising Healthy Children, the 2016 edition of an annual Parent Guide published by the Daily Hampshire Gazette, is now available in print and online. The Guide offers articles and resources…
Rural schools seek grant for shared services
BUCKLAND — A common problem for small, rural school districts is that professional services may be needed for a fraction of the time that bigger school systems require.This means small…
My Turn: Our educational landscape: Charter schools’ negative impact in area
…Hampshire counties. The Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) and the superintendents of most of the school districts in Franklin and Hampshire counties have been examining the data about enrollment trends…
Angela Burke
Angela Burke, M.Ed, oversees CES Professional Services teams that include Professional Development, Licensure, Research and Evaluation, and Healthy Families and Communities. Burke has over 20 years of experience in managing…
$1M to fight youth opioid addiction
…Regional Council of Governments, Communities That Care Coalition, North Quabbin Community Coalition, Hampshire HOPE and SPIFFY Coalition. “We desperately need data-driven strategies to help break the cycle of opioid and…