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Although we appreciate the need for brevity, we encourage journalists to join us in referring to our students as “children and youth with autism.”
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Selected recent press releases are below.
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Letter to the EditorJune 17, 2010 | Board of Directors
Glicka Kaplan, President Albert P. Stowe, CPA, PLLC, Treasurer Tracey Tucker, MA, LCMHC, Secretary Bruce Dicker, FAIA, LEED AP Gregory Majewski,Esquire Carol McClard Christine Guarino, PhD, CCC-SLP Executive Director & Special Education Director | | | Letter to the Editor
June 17, 2010
To the editor,
At the end of this month, Dr. Barbara Frankel’s tenure on the Birchtree Center’s Board of Directors will end. It is with utmost respect and admiration that the Birchtree’s Board wishes to thank Dr. Frankel for her outstanding service and leadership, knowing that the Birchtree Center only exists because of her vision, passion and dedication to our mission.
Over ten years ago, Dr. Frankel recognized the need for a specialized center in the community for children with autism and their families. Dr. Frankel understood the importance of “best practice” for children with autism and was an early advocate of the use of Applied Behavior Analysis. Not only did Dr. Frankel provide an amazing educational and socially enriching environment for children diagnosed with autism, but she also provided support and guidance for our families, knowing that the family system was a critical piece to the healthy development of their children.
On behalf of the Birchtree Board of Directors, we thank Dr. Frankel for her dedication to the Birchtree students, families and staff. Without her passion, wisdom and guidance, the Birchtree Center would not be providing services to children and families throughout New England. We applaud Dr. Frankel for her years of service and we know that her vision will live in perpetuity!
Respectfully submitted by the Birchtree Board of Directors.
Tracey Tucker, MA
Secretary, Board of Directors
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The Birchtree Center Recognizes Retiring Board Member Tim Coughlin May 24, 2010The Birchtree Center is giving a fond farewell to Timothy Coughlin, who retired from its board of directors this April. Coughlin helped oversee five years of growth and development at the Seacoast-based nonprofit organization serving children and youth with autism. Timothy Coughlin is an attorney at Coughlin, Rainboth, Murphy and Lown of Portsmouth. He joined The Birchtree Center’s board in January 2005, three years after the organization’s founding. At that time, Birchtree’s special-education day-school program served sixteen students with autism. With guidance from Coughlin and his fellow board members, the organization grew to meet the rising need for autism services in northern New England. Birchtree expanded and enhanced its day-school program, developed a region-wide Outreach Program, and relocated in December 2009 from an overcrowded building in Portsmouth to a larger, custom-renovated facility in Newington. |
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The Birchtree Center Moving to Larger Facility in Newington, NHJanuary 4, 2010 The new year will bring big changes for The Birchtree Center’s students with autism. Starting on January 4, these students, who range in age from two to twenty-one years, will no longer go to school in a small building on Jewell Court in Portsmouth. Their special educational day-school program is moving to a larger, custom-renovated facility at 2064 Woodbury Avenue in Newington, New Hampshire.
The nonprofit Birchtree Center, which opened its doors in 2002, had long been seeking room to grow. Its school building was at full capacity, and a growing number of children needed help. During Birchtree’s first seven years, the number of New Hampshire students diagnosed with autism increased by 232%, according to statistics from the U.S. Department of Education. “Every week, we got phone calls from families and school districts in Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire interested in placing a child at Birchtree, recalls Executive Director Christine Guarino, “but our space was just too limited.”
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