Celebrating Team Latham

Longtime Admissions Team member Susan LaPlant has been working with our students, adult residents, and their families for 25 years. She offers a unique and insightful perspective of the work we do, the reasons our programs are successful, and the ways families can navigate the often exhausting and emotional journey to residential placement for their…

Latham staff member Caren Holmes makes a difference every day in the lives of individuals with special needs. As the Adult Services Supported Community Living Assistant Manager, she helps ten program participants in a Shared Living arrangement or independent living (in their own apartment) – all of whom receive individualized support services. For Caren, Latham Centers…

There is no better way to recognize our dedicated staff than by using their own words of appreciation. In just 3 weeks, the internal “Shout-outs” within our Children’s Program staff created many pages of accolades. Below is just a sampling of randomly chosen shout-outs.   Our staff members’ words remind us of the values at the…

Professional development is a cornerstone of Latham Centers’ desire to continuously improve our services.  Latham has a dedicated Training Department that is constantly getting feedback and developing trainings and seminars to meet the evolving needs of our staff and the children and adults we support. Last month, workplace diversity training was held for managerial staff. “The…

If you have been to the Latham campus in the past 12 years, you’ve probably met our beloved brown bear, a special carving gifted to us by Rolf Schmalzer, the late husband of Children’s Program Financial Assistant Amy Schmalzer. In honor of our Cape Cod bear’s long history as the statue that greets students, staff,…

In honor of Suicide Prevention Month, September’s clinical seminar presented to staff focused on suicidal ideation and non-suicidal self-injury. Clinical Director Brynn Cooper led the hour-long session last week. It was the fourth monthly seminar put on by our Social Services team.  Other topics covered in the series that began in June include Trauma; Anxiety…

  Latham’s Adult Services Program works hard to recognize staff members for a job well done. Through this blog series, we’re sharing a glimpse of the positive feedback. In today’s “Part 2” of the series, Residential Manager Patricia Morgan gives a shout-out to her team at Peter Cooper: “I would love to recognize all the…

In honor of Direct Support Professionals Week, our Adult Services team has created a blog series to share our staff members’ positive feedback and recognition with the greater Latham Community. Today, we begin with a shout-out to our staff at Weir, quoting the words of our staff and supervisors: Lisa M. is awesome!! I love her realness and her humor.  She…

We happily welcomed Human Resources Assistant Joan McFadden to our Organizational Development team at the beginning of 2019. Joan came to us after a multifaceted career in administration at Wingate Healthcare in Brewster, where she managed numerous HR functions.  In her role at Latham, she is often the point-person for staff (current and former) inquiries.…