Connie Combs, Corner Pieces board member; Jeremy LaValley, Nan Wikol, Murray Wikol, founders of the Center and the Autism Treatment Network; and Early Intervention Center Director Jessica Irish are pictured holding an iPad that Corner Pieces donated.
Corner Pieces, the Sault Ste. Marie-based organization dedicated to raising autism awareness throughout Michigan, donated four iPads to the Early Intervention Center in Southfield.
The Early Intervention Center, started by the Autism Childrens Treatment Network in 2001, provides center-based services based on the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis to children struggling with Autism.
Since its inception the center has provided positive results for hundreds of autistic children in Southfield and the surrounding areas.
The iPads will be used in a variety of ways during the centers extensive summer camp programs, as well as throughout the regular school year.
We are thrilled by this donation, many children will benefit, said Allison Greening, the director of the Early Intervention Center. Though the iPad is from far a cure, it is an extremely effective tool to aid the progress of speech, and social skills that many of these children are lacking, said Corner Piece board member Jeremy LaValley, who delivered the iPads to the center.
Funding for Corner Pieces donation was helped by Quest Diagnostics Auburn Hills office, which has a history of supporting children with autism. Additional funding for the iPads was provided by caring individuals across Michigan.
To learn more about Corner Pieces, visit cornerpieces.org, or for additional information on the Early Intervention Center, visit ealryintervetioncenter.org or call 248-559-5820.
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Southfield autism treatment center receives four free iPads