The Early Childhood Partial Hospitalization Program at UCLA Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital, co-directed by Stephanny Freeman and Tanya Paparella, associate professors in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Semel Institute, has received a grant of $60,000 from the LA Women’s Circle of Giving.
The gift will fund a new playground that is developmentally and therapeutically appropriate for the children in the program, which provides state-of-the-science, intensive, short-term, individualized treatment for children with autism, developmental disabilities and behavior disorders.
The LA Women’s Circle of Giving is a group of women who have pooled their charitable dollars to make a difference in the lives of women, children and families in L.A. County. The grant, awarded in a ceremony on May 6, was given on behalf of children in the UCLA program and children who benefit from the many other mental health services at the neuropsychiatric hospital.
