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| Desiree Caporaso |
Valley Kids Belong (“VKB”) is a children’s mental health program based in the Lower Naugatuck Valley that works collaboratively to promote resilience and health for children in the Valley – mentally, emotionally, socially and academically.
Caporaso brings a wealth of experience to the position. She obtained a Masters of Social Work degree from Fordham University in 2010 and comes to us from working with adjudicated adolescents as a Clinician in the YES! Program at Connecticut Renaissance.
Caporaso also has professional experience from the Norwalk Office of Juvenile Probation as well as the Prevention through Early Intervention Program (PEIP) at PCRC.
She is an EMT with the Echo House Ambulance Corps in Shelton and is a Gold Award Recipient with the Girl Scouts.
Caporaso
joins a team of Valley Kids Belong staff members who have been working for the last
three years to bring preventive-level programs to children and families
in the Valley, such as After-school Programs, Summer Programs,
Triple P Positive Parenting Programs (“Triple P”) and Families and
Schools Together (“FAST”).
Look for information about the upcoming
Triple P parenting groups as well as the 2013 Summer
Program in the works.
About PCRC
The Lower Naugatuck Valley Parent Child Resource Center has been serving families in Ansonia, Derby, Oxford, Seymour, Shelton and the surrounding area
since 1975.
It is the leading provider of behavioral health services to children and families in the Lower Naugatuck Valley. The mission of the Lower Naugatuck Valley Parent Child Resource Center is: SavinglLives by passionately caring for children, families, and the community.
It is the leading provider of behavioral health services to children and families in the Lower Naugatuck Valley. The mission of the Lower Naugatuck Valley Parent Child Resource Center is: SavinglLives by passionately caring for children, families, and the community.
This post is taken from a press release from PCRC.
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