When supporting an individual with ASD, I recommend using some of the strategies outlined below to help guide families and caregivers: 1) Set up the environment for success. Think about everything that…
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Each year, three award winners are selected by Spurwink coworkers for their exceptional personal initiative, enthusiasm, dedication, generosity of spirit, and commitment to collaboration. The Rosser Award was established in…
April celebrates Occupational Therapy (OT) Month! Occupational Therapy is a fairly new profession, compared to doctoring or nursing, as we approach our 100 year anniversary of the profession in 2017….
Spurwink—a nonprofit that provides behavioral health and educational services for children, adults, and families across Maine‑-will present nine original short films by, for, and about people with developmental and intellectual…
Spurwink announces that Johnny’s Selected Seeds’ Charitable Giving Committee has chosen to partner with and support its therapeutic gardening program at the Spurwink Day Treatment School in Chelsea. Johnny’s Selected…
A benefit concert and silent auction was held at the Sugarloaf Mountain Resort on January 23rd to benefit Spurwink on the Slopes, a ski program at Sugarloaf Mountain for children ages 4-14…
JetBlue Airways launched its ninth annual “Light Up A Life” campaign in Portland with the distribution of ‘sweet cases’ to children in Spurwink’s Treatment Foster Care Program on January 14th at…
JetBlue Airways launches its ninth annual “Light Up A Life” campaign in Portland with the distribution of ‘sweet cases’ to children in Spurwink’s Treatment Foster Care Program on Thursday, January…
Portland, ME – Spurwink, a nonprofit in Portland that provides behavioral health and educational services for children, adults, and families across Maine, announces that Lawrence Ricci, M.D., Medical Director and…