Posts Tagged ‘people with disabilities’

December 18th, 2017

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Tips for Giving Back During the Holidays

The holidays are a WOW! Magic time of year for sure. It’s a time to gather with friends and family and love one another. But not everyone is so fortunate. Below are just a few tips on how you can spread holiday cheer far and wide by helping others during the holiday season. Volunteer Your [...]

December 11th, 2017

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Sending Christmas Cheer & WOW! Magic Overseas

Just as the holiday season came to life, with a blanket of snow coating everything in sight, a gift was given to American Training. Anita Moreau, the grandmother of our Colleague Jimmy Allicon, donated more than 150 holiday cards to our Vanway team. As Jimmy tells it, she’s well aware of our penchant for spreading [...]

September 29th, 2017

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ATI’s CBDS Mobile Cleans up the Mighty Merrimack

Our innovative CBDS Mobile program has our mobile groups venturing all around the cities and towns we call home. From job tours to museum visits, yoga in the park to local farm visits, we are out and about exploring, learning, and growing. Our Colleagues and Guests in the program have discovered aspects of their communities [...]

June 30th, 2016

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ConGRADulations to Our Colleague Judy

Many of us wish we had the time and energy to go back to school and further our education. Judy Wachaga, a Colleague from Mass Ave., did more than just wish; she WOW!ed! Judy recently received her Certificate of Completion in the Direct Support Program in Human Services from Middlesex Community College. The training she [...]

February 19th, 2016

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WOW! Magic Weekends: A Valentine’s Day to Remember

“The degree of loving can be measured by the degree of giving.” -Edwin Louis Cole Living out our value of Community and Giving Back, our Specialized Housing family did something pretty special just ahead of Valentine’s Day! The Residents and Colleagues of Specialized Housing delivered some special gifts to the homeless youth at Emmaus House. The Residents and [...]

February 11th, 2016

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The Right to Vote: An ATI Election

Our Lowell Options program celebrated Human Rights month in January with one of our main focuses being on the right to vote. What better way to learn about this right than to live it?! We conducted an election to appoint five Guests as members of our newly formed Advisory Committee, a group of Guests who focus their [...]

November 4th, 2015

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Guests Get Certified to Save Lives

Our Training Specialist, Donny Wise, trains our Colleagues day in and day out on everything from Human Rights to Communication Skills to CPR & First Aid, and everything in between. But last week, he set some time aside for a new training, a very special training. Last week, Donny ventured to our Wakefield site to [...]

September 14th, 2015

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Colleague Spotlight: Rayann Brioche

It takes a strong person to come out of the storm and an even stronger person to share their stories to give other’s inspiration and hope. Rayann Bricohe is one of these people. Growing up in Lowell Rayann saw her share of hard times and had her share of struggles while becoming an adult in [...]

August 20th, 2015

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Making A Masterpiece with WOW! Magic

“There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge.” – Napoleon Hill When one of our Residents recently came to us with a request to paint, he had no idea what we had in store for him. Melvin was hoping to express himself through a painting on a piece of paper, with maybe [...]

July 8th, 2015

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Adult Family Care

Adult Family Care, also known as Adult Foster Care, enables elders and individuals with disabilities to live at home in the community with full-time, live-in Caregivers. Adult Foster Care is a program that provides daily assistance with personal care and case management oversight by the provider in the Caregiver’s home. Like everything we do at American [...]

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