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Monthly Archives: October 2012
Easy access
Matheny student Daniel Gaudreau is able to select his favorite music videos by gazing at a computer screen. It’s part of a new indirect access communications program made possible by an $8,451 grant to the Matheny School from the Summit … Continue reading
Making successful transitions
Matheny has completed the first year of its program, designed to improve the quality of transition care for patients who are admitted to acute care hospitals, and the initial results have been very favorable. A grant from the Robert Wood Johnson New Jersey … Continue reading
Newest Full Circle food sponsor
Café Azzurro, located on Main Street in Peapack, NJ, is the newest food sponsor for Full Circle 2012: Unexpected Art, the annual celebration of Matheny’s Arts Access Program, which enables people with disabilities to create fine art, assisted by professional … Continue reading
Meet your local firefighters
Elementary students at the Matheny School have been learning about fire safety and firefighters. So, when the Peapack-Gladstone volunteer Fire Department invited us to bring some of the students to the station for a visit, it was not only fun, … Continue reading
Prepare to be impressed
“If I saw this show in Chelsea, I would be impressed.” That’s how Dan Fenelon, curator of the visual arts exhibition at Full Circle 2012: Unexpected Art, describes the visual art that will be on display in the Robert Schonhorn … Continue reading
Community partners
On October 4, Matheny received hands-on help from 14 employees of Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (NPC), who helped clean up and beautify our grounds. The employees were participating in the company’s 16th annual Community Partnership Day, a global initiative within the … Continue reading
Congratulations, Dr. Longa!
Peter Longa, a native of Sudan who was forced by civil war to leave his country in 1991, joined Matheny as a personal care assistant three years later. A recipient of a Matheny Nursing Scholarship Award, Longa received his nursing … Continue reading
‘Welcome to Back-to-School Night’
Many of Matheny’s students and patients are non-verbal. To help them communicate, teachers and therapists provide them with state-of-the-art assistive technology, including a variety of augmentative and alternative communications systems. Thanks to a recent donation by The Friends of Matheny, … Continue reading
Dr. Balysky receives Taft Award
Andrew Balysky, OD, has received the Lawrence T. Taft Award, given to Matheny medical staff members who have demonstrated a long-term commitment to serving its patient population. Dr. Balysky, whose private practice is in Chester, NJ, is a consultant in … Continue reading
Oktoberfest benefits Matheny
“My daughter doesn’t walk, and she doesn’t talk. But during her first year at Matheny, the recreation department told me they wanted to take her camping. I said, ‘You’ve got to be kidding!’ They always think outside the box.” Liz … Continue reading