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Finding Her Calling Working with Autistic Children

Kerri Brown and student

After graduating from North Attleboro High School in 2004, Kerri Brown moved to Florida to study at Saint Leo University. Her plan was to get a degree in Human Services, come home, and become an adoption social worker. “Unfortunately, they weren’t hiring in the area at the time,” said Brown. Instead, she applied for a support staff position at the New England Center for Children (NECC) in Southborough, which provides comprehensive services for children with autism. The job was appealing to Brown not only because of the Center’s impressive reputation, but also because it would pay for her to go to graduate school in either special education or ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis.) “In all honesty,” Brown confessed, “I had no clue what autism, or ABA was, so I went with special education!” Brown has family members with developmental disabilities and had seen how a teacher could change the lives of children with special education.

Brown, who now lives in Seekonk, spent the next three years working at NECC while also pursuing her Master’s Degree in Education at Simmons University. It was during that time that she started to see how useful Applied Behavior Analysis was in the field of special education. Brown realized that by “using the principals of ABA, you can teach daily life skills, motivate kids to learn, and see the progress you’re looking for.” ABA, the only board-certified behavioral therapy for children on the autism spectrum, utilizes positive reinforcement and other principals of learning theory to modify and improve social skills. Brown eventually earned her certificate in ABA from Western New England University and went on to join Key Autism Services, a national agency that provides in-home therapy for children and young adults with autism.

Brown had been working out of Key Autism Service’s Massachusetts location for about a year and a half when COVID hit. “During the pandemic, a lot of agencies went completely remote,” explained Brown. “Remote works great for some kids, but is a struggle for others.”

One of those not only struggling - but regressing - during remote learning was a severely autistic girl from Canton whom Brown had been working with. The girl’s mother, Dina Gray, was discouraged by the lack of services available to children like her daughter who would never be able to live on their own, and who needed to be taught skills that would help them through adolescence and beyond. She had found that most agencies had long wait lists and typically shied away from working with older children. When Gray told Brown that she had long-range goals for her daughter, Brown answered, “Okay, when do you want to start?” Remembering that dark period in her family’s life, Gray said, “Obviously, I loved Kerri from the moment when she said yes, I can do all that stuff you’re looking for.”

Brown left Key Autism Services to partner with Gray, and together, in January of 2021, they launched their own behavioral health agency, ABA Helps (www.abahelps.com), that is committed to providing in-home, inperson care to children ages 2 through 22. “We only offer remote sessions if the family requests them,” Brown said, “And we’re willing to put together a therapy plan that fits the needs of the family of the child with autism rather than a plan that fits the mandates of the insurance companies.”

As ABA Helps Chief Clinical Officer, Brown’s work includes designing and reviewing individual treatment plans, training and supervising therapists working in the field, and perhaps most importantly, mentoring graduate students who are pursuing certificates in ABA therapy. Brown said, “The need out there is so great. We have a waitlist of our own now, and one of my biggest challenges is finding enough ABA therapists to work with our clients.”

In the short time since starting ABA Helps, Brown said they have grown from 2 clients in the Greater Boston area to more than 40 in towns throughout Eastern- and Central Massachusetts. ABA Helps recently started operating in New Hampshire, too. Brown hopes that in the next few years ABA Helps will be providing in-home services up and down the East Coast. When asked what she likes most about her work, Brown said that to her, it is all about helping people and seeing the effect that they have been able to have on families. “When you see how proud a child is when they do something as simple as tying their own shoes, it makes everything worth it.”

Young Seekonk Resident Cast in A Christmas Carol

Trinity Rep’s beloved holiday tradition runs Nov 3rd - Jan 1st

Trinity Rep’s 46th annual production of A Christmas Carol continues the long tradition of young local actors performing alongside Trinity Rep’s acting company and guest artists. This year’s children’s cast includes Seekonk resident Emily Mallon, who is a fourth-grade student at Aitken Elementary School. Emily will play the role of Turkey Kid.

Dazzling audiences young and old alike, Trinity Rep’s annual production of the holiday classic has become a southern New England tradition, having been shown to over 1.6 million people since 1976. Tickets are on sale now for performances of A Christmas Carol, which runs November 3, 2022 – January 1, 2023 in the Chace Theater. Tickets start at $27 and are available online at trinityrep.com/carol or by contacting the Ticket Office at (401) 351-4242.

Citizens Honors Seekonk Residents for 25 Years of Service

Today, Citizens Financial Group CEO Bruce Van Saun congratulated colleagues who have been with the bank for 25 years or more. These colleagues will have specially inscribed bricks bearing their names - Seekonk residents Lorie Pion and David Roderick - installed outside Citizens headquarters at One Citizens Plaza in Providence, Rhode Island. More than 2,300 colleagues have been honored with bricks since the bank started the tradition in 1999.

“Without a doubt, it’s our people that make Citizens special, and I always appreciate the opportunity to recognize our longstanding colleagues who have helped us grow into the leading financial institution we are today,” said Bruce Van Saun, Chairman and CEO, Citizens Financial Group.

The ceremony kicked off Citizens’ Credo Week, a special time each year when the bank celebrates its colleagues – as well as its customers, communities and shareholders. It’s an opportunity for employees to support one another in living up to the Citizens Credo; striving to always exceed customer expectations, do the right thing, think long-term and work together.

Credo Week is an important and longstanding tradition that is embedded within Citizens’ culture. It provides an opportunity to engage, inspire and appreciate the meaningful impact its employees deliver to their customers and communities. The Citizens Credo provides an essential guidepost for all the ways the bank works to help its customers, colleagues, communities, and shareholders reach their potential.

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REINHART FOODSERVICE, INC. 100 Harborview Plaza, Suite 200 Post Office Box 2859 La Crosse, WI 54602-2859,

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CASE FILE NO. 22-SC-1056

STEPHANIE KANE, personally 379 Fall River Avenue Seekonk, MA 02771

Defendants.

TO THE PERSON(S) NAMED ABOVE AS DEFENDANT(S):

You are being sued by the person(s) named above as Plaintiff(s). A copy of the claim has been sent to you at your address as stated in the caption above.

The lawsuit will be heard at: La Crosse County Courthouse Courtroom/Room Number: Intake Court ADDRESS: La Crosse County Justice Center, 333 Vine Street, La Crosse, WI 54601

on the following date and time: Date: 10/21/2022

Time: 9:00 a.m.

If you do not attend the hearing, the court may enter a judgment against you in favor of the

person(s) suing you. A copy of the claim has been sent to you at your address as stated in the caption above. A judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future, and may also be enforced by garnishment or seizure of property.

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