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Conductor Bruce Hangen

April 4, 2016 By Editor

Conductor Bruce Hangen

Mr. Hangen is on the faculty of The Boston Conservatory as Conductor of The Conservatory Orchestra and Director of Orchestral Activities, and is also Music Director of the Orchestra of Indian Hill (Littleton, Mass.). Recently Mr. Hangen also has been Principal Guest Conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra, a position that was created especially for […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Boston Conservatory, Conductor Bruce Hangen, Conservatory Orchestra, Littleton, Mass., Music Director, Orchestra of Indian Hill

Jerome Kagan, Ph.D.

April 4, 2016 By Editor

Jerome Kagan, Ph.D.

Jerome Kagan is emeritus professor of psychology at Harvard University. His research over the past 57 years has centered on the cognitive and emotional development of infants and children. During the last 30 years he and colleagues have concentrated on the temperamental biases called high and low reactivity in infants. He is a fellow of […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, An Argument for Mind, Harvard University, Institute of Medicine, Jerome Kagan, National Academy of Sciences, Ph.D., Psychology Emeritus, The Long Shadow of Temperament

Karen Levine, Ph.D.

April 4, 2016 By Editor

Karen Levine, Ph.D.

Dr. Levine is a Developmental Psychologist, Instructor at Harvard Medical School and was co-director of the Boston Children’s Hospital Autism program in the early nineties, and now is Clinical Director of the Autism Program at Cambridge Health Alliance in Massachusetts. She has written numerous articles and book chapters and is a frequent regional and national […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Autism program, Boston Children’s Hospital, Cambridge Health Alliance, Developmental Psychologist, Harvard Medical School, Karen Levine, Ph.D., Using Play to Enhance Emotional And Behavioral Development for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder

Angela Peri, CSA

April 4, 2016 By Editor

Angela Peri, CSA Casting Director, Owner/Founder of Boston Casting

Casting Director, Owner/Founder of Boston Casting As a former actress and stand-up comedienne, Angela knows the challenges involved in finding just the right person – both for her clients and her actors. Angela founded Boston Casting in 1991, and since then she has worked on hundreds of local, regional and national projects, from major motion […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Angela Peri, Boston Casting, Casting Director, CSA, Founder, Imaginnaire Award, MA Production Coalition

Matt Savage

April 5, 2016 By Editor

Matt Savage

In 2000, when Matt Savage was just 8 years old, he played piano for Dave Brubeck and jammed at a sound session with Chick Corea and his sidemen, Avishai Cohen and Jeff Ballard. The following year he was invited to a sound check to jam with jazz great McCoy Tyner and his sidemen, Avery Sharpe […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: 20/20, Al Foster, Avery Sharpe, Avishai Cohen, Beautiful Minds, Birdland jazz club, Boy Genius, Chaka Khan, Chick Corea, Clark Terry, Dave Brubeck, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Jeff Ballard, Jimmy Heath, Jon Faddis, Kennedy Center, Kenny Washington, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Marcus McLaurine, Matt Savage Trio, McCoy Tyner, New Orleans Jazz Festival, Ottawa International Jazz Festival, Piano Jazz, Stanford Jazz Residency, The Late Show with David Letterman, The View, Today Show

Stephen Shore

April 4, 2016 By Editor

Stephen Shore, International consultant, lecturer and writer on autism

International consultant, lecturer and writer on autism Diagnosed with “Atypical Development and strong autistic tendencies” and “too sick” for outpatient treatment, Dr. Stephen Shore was recommended for institutionalization. Nonverbal until four, and with much support from his parents, teachers, wife and others, Stephen is now a professor at Adelphi University where his research focuses on […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: US Autism and Aspergers Association, High Functioning Autism Association, Aspergers Association of New England, Atypical Development, autism, International consultant, lecturer, Stephen Shore, writer

Amy Weinstock

February 3, 2017 By Editor

Amy Weinstock

Amy Weinstock is the Director of the Autism Insurance Resource Center at the University of Massachusetts Medical School’s Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center, and an instructor in the medical school’s Department of Psychiatry. She has an extensive background on insurance issues related to autism and has played a key role in passing several significant pieces of […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Riverview School trustee, Commissioner on the State’s Autism Commission, Amy Weinstock, Autism Insurance Resource Center, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, 2014 Autism Omnibus Bill

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“PLAT” program highlighted in “Massachusetts Healthy People 2020 Autism Roadmap”

The Paralegal Assistant Training “PLAT” Program has been highlighted in a seminal report entitled “Massachusetts Healthy People 2020 Autism Roadmap” published by the U Mass Medical School Shriver Center. The Autism Higher Education Foundation program is mentioned under the title; “Future possibilities: Transition to Adult Life.” You can read more here.

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