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Profectum
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Profectum comes from the Latin for “advancement or progress,” and the Profectum Foundation is dedicated to advancing the development of all children, adolescents and adults with autism and other developmental and mental health challenges.​
Profectum Parent Toolbox (PPT)
A FREE online webcast series created just for parents and caregivers!
The goal of the Profectum Parent Toolbox is to encourage and empower you to build a strong relationship with your child while fostering his or her development.  The PPT™ will guide you in your discovery of your child’s unique sensory and motor differences that are the foundation of how he or she experiences the world and ultimately interacts with you. With a new understanding of your child’s individual strengths and challenges it will help you match Profectum Toolbox Strategies to your child’s needs to support his or her engaging, playing and interacting, thinking and communicating with you. 
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Outreach Program
Celebrate the Children
In 2015, Celebrate the Children started an Outreach Program designed to support First Responders interfacing with individuals with disabilities, particularly autism, in crisis or trauma situations.

​This 1-2 hour presentation includes tips from an interdisciplinary team of Educators, Autism Experts, Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, and a Panel with special needs participants who can answer questions, and relate to their experiences. 
Understanding Anxiety and Trauma in the Era of Covid 
Practical Supports for Parents, Students and School Staff by Celebrate The Children School Counselors 
Anxiety is the body’s biological response to perceived danger. While serving to protect us, it can sometimes send us into survival mode, when there is no danger present. In the case of trauma, one is living in a constant state of perceived threat. As the result of the COVID pandemic, unimaginable changes have occurred in our world.  Understandably, there has been a surge in anxiety and trauma in our communities. We may notice new and/or intense behaviors at home and in the classroom. Having a good understanding of what anxiety and trauma can do to our emotions and behavior, can help us to make sense of these reactions, as well as, help facilitate the healing process.
Anxiety, Stress, Trauma, and Resilience in the time of COVID-19 
Serena Wieder, PhD
The Coronavirus has changed all our lives but we do not yet know the long-term emotional effects of this shared experience.  We do know children and adults have different responses depending on family and circumstances.  We also know resilience far outweighs the impact of trauma.  We will explore the differences between anxiety, stress, and trauma in relation to development and individual differences in our children, our families, and ourselves and pathways to “post-traumatic growth”.
The 5 C’s at Home: How feelings of Comfort, Competence, Confidence, Control, and Communication Allow Children and their Parents to Co-regulate, Reduce Stress and Challenges, and Maximize Engagement and Independence at Home 
Monica Osgood
The Foundational Capacities for Development (FCDs) are a recently developed concept that serve as a compliment for the DIR model. The FCDs, also known as the 5 C’s offer guidance and strategies on how to build feelings of COMFORT, COMPETENCE, CONFIDENCE, CONTROL, AND COMMUNICATION  with your child!