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MetroWest Daily News – The Parmenter Foundation Awards $10K to Behavioral Health Partners MetroWest

This story originally appeared in the MetroWest Daily News on April 17, 2020 WAYLAND — The Wayland-based Parmenter Foundation recently awarded a $10,000 grant to continue its support of the innovative Behavioral Health Partners MetroWest located in Framingham. The organization opened in 2017 as a new initiative comprised of partners from four leading social service…
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Learn Your APCD’s of Sexual Assault Prevention

By Samantha Jean Wayside Trauma Intervention Services, education and outreach coordinator In honor of April being Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM), we’re sharing a quick and easy way to think about sexual assault prevention – remember your APCD’s! Accountability: • Remember that your actions have an impact. In short, this means that one way to…
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Parenting Children With Depression During COVID-19

By Dr. Lauren Barry, Director of Clinical Initiatives and Data Analytics For children who struggle with mental health issues, being at home during COVID-19 normalizes many of the behaviors that are generally warning signs for depression – staying in bed all day, not showering or getting dressed and lack of interest in activities. It’s understandable…
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MetroWest Daily News – Column: Parenting Children with ADHD During the COVID-19 Crisis

This column originally appeared in the MetroWest and Milford Daily News on April 20, 2020 At Wayside Youth & Family Support Network, where I’ve worked as a psychologist for 22 years, over 20 percent of our youth are diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). At Wayside Youth & Family Support Network, where I’ve worked…
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Belmont Citizen-Herald – Being a teen isn’t easy. Coronavirus has made it harder

This article originally appeared in the Belmont Citizen-Herald on April 17, 2020 and features Wayside’s Lisa Gibalerio, prevention specialist for Wayside Youth and Family Support and director of the Belmont Wellness Coalition. Chenery seventh-grader Sophia Edrington Martinez was excited to play a lead role in the Chenery spring musical, “High School Musical, Jr.” and had…
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Framingham Patch – OUT MetroWest Still Supporting LGBTQ+ Youth During Coronavirus

This article originally appeared in the Framingham Patch on April 14, 2020 By Neal McNamara FRAMINGHAM, MA — The group OUT MetroWest wants LGBTQ+ youth in the region to know that there’s still help available during the coronavirus outbreak. The nonprofit has set up video conferencing meetups to replace usual in-person meetings. Here’s more from…
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Wayside Warriors – Christi Fagerberg

Christi Fagerberg, family support specialist, Parent-Peer Partnership Program Christi Fagerberg is a marketing whiz when it comes to promoting her Parent Support Groups, holding BINGO-themed groups, Spa Nights and a Sweet Night Social that included a chocolate dipping lesson. When the state issued stay-at-home orders due to COVID-19, she decided to get creative with how…
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Parenting Children With ADHD During COVID-19

By Dr. Lauren Barry, Director of Clinical Initiatives and Data Analytics At Wayside Youth & Family Support Network, where I’ve worked as a psychologist for 22 years, over 20 percent of our youth are diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Our trained clinicians, parent support specialists and special education teachers work with families to…
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MetroWest Daily News – Foundation for MetroWest Announces $75K in Emergency COVID-19 Grants

This article appeared in the MetroWest Daily News on April 3, 2020 Less than one week after announcing its grant process, the Foundation for MetroWest provided the first round of 12 emergency grants to local nonprofits helping vulnerable residents impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Totaling $75,000, these one-time grants are the first to be distributed…
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Wayside Youth & Family Support Network Receives $3,000 Grant from the Frederick E. Weber Charities Corporation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 27, 2020 Contact: Michelle Hillman Michelle_Hillman@waysideyouth.org   MEDFORD, MASS. – Wayside Youth & Family Support Network received a $3,000 grant from the Frederick E. Weber Charities Corp. The grant will fund two, multilingual clinicians at the Medford Housing Authority’s Willis Avenue Family Development. Sixty percent of the 150 families with children…
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