The “Pieces of Hope for Autism” Cookie Campaign is an annual campaign with local Panera stores during Autism Awareness Month. Proceeds from the puzzle piece shortbread cookies are donated to Wesley Spectrum to support Autism services for children and families.
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Wesley Spectrum CEO Doug Muetzel featured in the Pittsburgh Business Times
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.
Wesley Spectrum’s CARES program featured in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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
Wesley Spectrum and Rep. Dan Miller featured on the Sunday Business Page with Jon Delano
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:
Wesley Spectrum’s Annual Gala featured in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s #SEENintheCity column
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 featured in the Kittanning Paper
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