Ever visited the Mailman Center?

I started working at the Mailman Center for Child Development in 2021, after 20 years in our public school system. I never imagined I would rise to Director of Education and Leadership, but never has my work life been as fulfilling as helping 17 different disciplines understand how to support families navigating the journey of raising children with disabilities. 

These past 5 years, though, have not been smooth sailing.  Post COVID times leading into lack of funding for scientific research in disability studies have been daunting…my colleagues and I have so much work to do. We are creating programs to train parents in understanding the behaviors of their child with autism, helping preschool teachers use assistive technology with their students, and actively creating research with community members from one end of the county to the other.  

There’s hope…but if I can get just 5 of my friends and associates to help us out this year, this will demonstrate just how important Mailman is to the care of children with developmental disabilities. Do you know someone who brought their kiddo to us? Have you or your family been supported by our professionals or teams? Then you know how important it is to keep our programs going…we’ll never stop looking out for the littles.