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ACC Donates to Backpack Project for 100th Day of School
The Anne Carlsen Center (ACC) celebrated its 100th Day of School on Wednesday, February 1st. Each year the students and staff at ACC use this opportunity to perform a community service project. Last year money was raised to give new desks to students in Malawi. This year the ACC Education Department chose to assist Community … more
Classic Video Footage Now Available on Anne Carlsen Center Website
Have you ever wondered how the Anne Carlsen Center (ACC) got its start? Or what Dr. Anne was like? Now you can discover the answer to those questions and many more at www.annecenter.org. Hours upon hours of archived footage has been added onto the site through Vimeo. To access the videos simply click on the … more
A Taylor-made house: Mother inspired by son to push for special-needs citizens’ independence
(The following article was written by Merrie Sue Holtan and published by The Fargo Forum on 1/6/2012). FARGO – Sometimes blessings flow in surprising ways, wrapped in special packages – unexpected gifts. One of these “Taylor-made” blessings could change the face of housing for special-needs populations in Fargo and perhaps all of North Dakota. The … more
Santa Claus visits Jamestown for a special boy
Mark “Austan” Hettich is a 3-year-old boy from Solen who had a special wish this holiday season. With the help of the Make-A-Wish Foundation® of North Dakota, Austan had a very special visitor on Saturday, December 17 at the Anne Carlsen Center in Jamestown. Austan was diagnosed with Type 1 Lissencephaly when he was just four months … more
Jamestown Hockey Team Donates Teddy Bears to ACC
The Anne Carlsen Center (ACC) would like to thank the Jamestown boy’s hockey team, and the Jamestown Hockey Boosters, for donating teddy bears to the main campus. Two players from the team, Riley Schaffer and Tyge Yatskis, each brought an extra large garbage bag full of blue and white teddy bears that were collected during … more
TechnoCamp Inspires Change in Turkey
The five day TechnoCamp opened up a new world for people with disabilities in Turkey. Turkey’s inaugural camp was an opportunity to raise awareness of how assistive technology can benefit these individuals. This would be done by recreating the one week event that is currently offered each summer at Elks Camp Grassick in North Dakota. … more
Allan Hartmann joins ACC Financial Services
The Anne Carlsen Center (ACC) has hired Allan Hartmann to fill the newly created position of Financial Services Director. ACC is actively expanding the scope of their services and taking those services to new regions within the state. That expansion brings new and complex financial challenges which require a high level of expertise. Allan meets … more
KIDS Professionals attend Hanen Workshops
Speech Language Pathologists (SLP’s), Stefanie Kaiser and Angie Villarreal, from the KIDS Infant Development Program in Fargo attended workshops from the internationally known Hanen Centre. They were two of fourteen in attendance for the state sponsored workshop that was offered over the last five months. The Hanen Centre is a Canadian charitable organization that works … more
ACC Assistive Technology Director takes TechnoCamp to Turkey
Mark Coppin, ACC Assistive Technology Director, will have a unique opportunity to spend turkey day in Turkey this year. He will be traveling to Ankara, Turkey over the Thanksgiving holiday to help organizers set up a TechnoCamp. He will be leaving on the 18th of November and returning on the 26th. “The goal,” Mark said, “is … more
Kaela Laudal rejoins KIDS Infant Development Program
Kaela Laudal, Speech Language Pathologist (SLP), is returning to the KIDS Infant Development Program in Fargo. Kaela began her career with KIDS before going to Meridian, Idaho to work for the Saint Alphonsus Rehabilitation Service. She received her Master’s Degree from the University of Minnesota, Duluth. She has experience working with speech, language, swallowing, feeding, … more
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