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Waban - Making a difference in the lives of children and adults with disabilities for over 40 years
 

Hear from Our Staff

Dorinda Vezina
Assistant Residential Director

"I look back over the years and realize that I have grown and evolved as a professional dedicated to serving our clients, along with being a better daughter, mother, and friend from my experiences. Being one piece to a complex and exciting puzzle categorizes what I do here at Waban best. The relationships I have formed over the years with clients, peers, and management offer me the motivation to continue to grow personally and professionally. Each work day brings different challenges and along with a fulfillment that is difficult to explain unless you have experienced it yourself."

Jon Stimmel
Community Inclusion Specialist, Program Assistant

 "I like working in an atmosphere where your strengths are encouraged and personal growth goes hand in hand with professional growth. It really is a team here at Waban – no one person is more important than another and being flexible, calm and the ability to smile are valued job skills."

Sandra Clark
Direct Support Professional

"I enjoy working at Waban’s School Street home and making a difference in the ladies’ lives each and every day. What efforts I give to this job always comes back, three fold.

Teaching integrity, independence, and respect with care and kindness gives me a job of great satisfaction.”

Jamie Folsom
Preschool Teacher – CDC

 "I have been working with children who have special needs for the past five years. It’s very challenging, however it is also very rewarding when you see how much progress they make in one year.”

Nancy Chadbourne
Training Coordinator
Shelia Underwood
Gateway to Community Assistant

These two ladies came to Waban at the same time and each took different routes over the past 28 years, both making a difference in the lives of those who they touched.

“As we learn, we share
As we take, we give back
As we weep, we care
As we loved, we let live
Our children and now our adults do too.”

-Shelia Underwood