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NECC in the News


Three Juniors Spend Semester at New England Center for Children

Amanda Iturbe
Amanda Iturbe
Three Hamilton juniors have spent the spring semester participating in the Hamilton-New England Center for Children (NECC) Cooperative Educational Program, in Southborough, Mass. Sociology concentrator Amanda Iturbe and psychology concentrators Jennifer Franco and Katherine Ribble have worked directly with children with autism or other developmental disabilities, while taking advanced courses in applied behavior analysis. In this program, Hamilton juniors spend a semester in full-time residence at NECC, where they earn full academic credit and work intensively with children who have special needs. More ...

Jen Sadowsky '08 Spends Semester at NECC

She Reports "Teaching Children with Autism Is Rewarding"

Jen Sadowsky '08 works with a student at NECC.
Jen Sadowsky '08 works with a student at NECC.
Jen Sadowsky is spending the fall of her junior year in the Cooperative Education Program between Hamilton and the New England Center for Children(NECC). More ...

Vinny Strully '69 and New England Center for Children Featured on CBS Evening News

Strully is Executive Director of Center for Autistic Children

Vinny Strully '69, and the New England Center for Children (NECC), where he is executive director, were featured in a segment on CBS Evening News with Katie Couric on Dec. 19. The New England Center for Children, in Southborough, Mass., is a private, nonprofit autism education center dedicated to bringing out human potential and creating productive lives for children with autism. The news clip is related to the bill to finance autism research (Combating Autism Act S. 843) that was signed by President George W. Bush. News reporter Sharyn Alfonsi visited NECC to look deeper into the school designed specifically to educate children diagnosed with autism. More ...

What They Say...

"I grew a lot more confident during my internship at NECC....I think the expectations were higher in terms of my ability to work with others both with the students and on individual tasks."

"After taking a 2nd year graduate course at NECC I found my psychology labs at Hamilton to be much easier while at the same time more enjoyable. I found myself less inhibited when it came to speaking in class as I had just spent a semester discussing my ideas with graduate students...."

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