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executive director Donna Litwin-Makey. “The scope and complexity of For nearly 70 years, the what we’ve done has inChildren’s Treatment creased. We’ve made difCentre of Chatham-Kent ferent moves to utilize our has helped young peo- space as best we can but there comes ple in the community “We’re in the pre-plan- a time when fulfill their ning stages for growth. you run out of options.” potential Ceccacci and now, “We need to be able to said the centhe group expand to do the job tre served is looking we’re already doing 2,479 chilto reach its and prepare for the dren during own potenfuture.” the last year tial. - Donna Ceccacci in areas in“ We ’ re cluding ocin the pre-planning stages for cupational therapy, physgrowth,” said board chair iotherapy, speech therapy, Donna Ceccacci. “We audiology and adapted need to be able to expand recreation. Children Treatment Cento do the job we’re already doing and prepare tre Foundation Executive Director Mike Genge said for the future.” Ceccacci said a major the scope of the services question facing the board offered have increased. “If you look at someis whether to increase the size of its current Lark thing such as autism, the Street site or seek another spectrum of autism is growing and that means location. “We’ve been here since more clients,” he said. Continued on page 2 the mid 1980’s,” said By Jim Blake jim@chathamvoice.com
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