SECOND START
Rick Weinberg
Founder, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief at California Business Journal (CalBizJournal.com)
Understanding autism, ADD and ADHD – and providing the right social programs and strategies to cope with them — is paramount. No one does it better than Newton Learning Centers and Pine Hills Schools.
BY RICK WEINBERG, CALIFORNIA BUSINESS JOURNAL
Bethany Valentine was so impressed with the Second Start autism program at the Newton Learning Centers and Pine Hill Schools that she not only enrolled her son Zach there but she also went to work for them.
Second Start’s programs turned her son’s life completely around, which is exactly what it does for every child who enters the progressive 41-year-old, award-winning schools, which are in San Jose, Monterey and another in Reno, Nevada.
“The incredible work they do there really inspired me – they’re the masters of understanding and dealing with behavioral challenges,” Ms. Valentine says. “When I saw what was going on there and how they helped my son with the innovative programs they were using, I said, ‘Hey, I want to be a part of this. I want to work here.’ So I went back college, got my degree and here I am, working for them.”
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