About Us
The Next Puzzle Piece was created by a group of occupational therapy graduate students from The New England Institute for Technology. The students; Elizabeth Thacker COTA/L, Nicole Bigelow COTA/L, Nima Patidar COTA/L, and Melissa Canavan COTA/L are all currently working as certified occupational therapy assistants in the health care field. Resources for Children Diagnosed with Autism The Next Puzzle Piece is a resource that focuses on caregivers to children diagnosed with Autism. The aim for The Next Puzzle Piece is to assist the caregivers in locating resources for their child diagnosed with Autism that are located both federally and locally in central Massachusetts. The aim is to reassure caregivers that their children are receiving the full amount of benefits that they could have and support from the community. Care Giver Support Another aim is to assist caregivers on identifying stress-related symptoms while providing alternate strategies to decrease symptoms to improve quality of life for both caregivers and their children. |