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Doug Muetzel has been the CEO of Wesley Spectrum for more than 17 years. In that time, he has spearheaded a lot of change, including the recently launched Connections, Assessments, Resources, Evaluation and Support (CARES) program, a comprehensive diagnostic evaluation and service-planning program for the children with autism and their families Wesley Spectrum serves.

Here he talks about the struggles that families who receive an autism diagnosis face, as well as what attracted him to Wesley from the corporate world

Intervention services are available to children with autism and are credited with helping to lessen the condition’s effects on a child’s development. Wesley Spectrum’s new CARES program counteracts the difficulty families have in getting a timely diagnosis and needed services.

Read more about this multidisciplinary program here

Representative Dan Miller’s Annual Disability and Mental Health Summit is one of the largest events of its kind. Luckily this event is right in our backyard – in the South Hills of Pittsburgh!

Watch Doug Muetzel, CEO of Wesley Spectrum and Rep. Dan Miller talk with Jon Delano of the Sunday Business Page about this special event:

More than 350 guests enjoyed cocktails, dinner, dessert and a photo booth, where top hats and sunglasses were required accessories. WTAE-TV’s Shannon Perrine emceed the event and encouraged everyone to bid on the donated auction items, such as a trip for two to New York City to attend a taping of “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.” The most inspiring portion of the evening came when a young teenage girl read aloud a poem she wrote that detailed her tumultuous past and how she finally found love, acceptance, guidance and a safe environment when she came into Wesley’s foster care program.

Check out the photos from the event here

Family Services of Western Pennsylvania is running a Drug and Alcohol Treatment program and so far it’s running smoothly! Currently, the program is working with individuals, but there are plans to start running support groups.

“With the individual sessions, you can work more of the individual needs and work directly with someone one-on-one, but with a group the nice thing is you can get individuals together to help support each other, hear the common needs of the group,” said Amy Bologna, Manger of Co-Occurring Programs.

Read more about the growth of our Drug and Alcohol Treatment program here

The ParentWISE program hosted the 21^st annual Ice Cream Blast at Nevin Ice Arena in Greensburg. The families in attendance had a great time and were connected with several area community organizations.

Check out the full coverage of the event and photos here