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Center for Special Care Fine and Performing Arts Program Profiled on The
Health Show
Northeast Center for Special Care Fine and Performing
Arts Program Profiled on The Health Show
Lake katrine, NY, March 3, 2009 -- Recently, the syndicated public radio program, The Health Show,
aired a segment entitled: Traumatic Brain Injury - Healing with
Creativity. The Health Show co-host Bob Barrett spent
time at Northeast Center for Special Care and observed the Fine and
Performing Arts Program - one of the specialty rehabilitation
programs pioneered by the Center.
Interviewed during the segment were Northeast Center clinicians:
Gerry Brooks, MS, CCC, CBIST, Director of Brain Injury Programs , Peter Bass, Music Therapist and Susan Togut, MFA, Art
Studio Director. The segment also features original music
composed and played by Resident-Neighbors at Northeast Center.
The Health Show is a program produced for public radio stations by
WAMC in Albany, NY. It is heard on 167 radio stations across
the United States and Canada.
You can LISTEN TO the
Traumatic Brain Injury - Healing with
Creativity segment by CLICKING HERE
You can visit The Health Show website here
Media contact: Northeast
Center for Special Care, Deborah Muise, Media and Public Relations
Director 845-336-3500
Northeast Center for Special Care is a state-of-art
rehabilitation program for individuals with brain injury, neurobehavioral
disorders, spinal cord injury, and ventilator dependency. Established in
1999, it is located on a 39-acre campus in the beautiful Hudson Valley.
The mission of Northeast Center for Special Care is rehabilitation,
recovery and community reentry for individuals with disabilities. Since
its inception, hundreds of individuals have "graduated" from its
programs and have moved on to integrated settings in their communities.
Northeast Center has been honored with numerous awards including: The New
York State Health Facilities Association’s (NYSHFA) Clinical and Quality
Services Committee 2007 Innovative Practices Award, The Advance Magazine
Award for Innovative Clinical Program, The American Association for
Respiratory Care Quality Respiratory Care Recognition Award for 2003,
2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008, The Gateway Community Industries Employer of
the Year award and the Mid-Hudson Employment Alliance Outstanding Employer
of Individuals with Disabilities.
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