NEWS

Meet Lorrissa Ely, a Family Partner with the Riverside Community Service Agency based in Needham.  Lorrissa has worked at Riverside for 10 years. Family Partners have experience as a parent or other caregiver of a youth with mental health issues or special needs, and they help parents learn how to navigate the child-serving systems, identify community supports, … read more >

Content from MindWise Innovations, a division of Riverside Community Care: For many, our careers define part of who we are: the work itself, who we have daily interactions with, how much time we spend with our friends and families, the way we dress, and of course the very practical realities of how we support ourselves and put food on the table. Add to that li… read more >

By Lisa C. Newell, Neponset River House member and Riverside Peer Specialist Just like last year and the year before, members and staff from Neponset River House made their way to the cemetery on the grounds of the Medfield State Hospital (MSH) on May 29 to lay flowers on the gravestones of over 800 patients who passed away while living there from 1918 to 1988… read more >

Content from MindWise Innovations, a division of Riverside Community Care: The first step in improving your behavioral health might be as simple as spending a few minutes in a park. A recent study in Frontiers in Psychology finds that spending just twenty minutes per day walking or sitting in a place where you feel connected to nature can significantly lowe… read more >

A partnership of seven organizations, led by Horace Mann Educational Associates (HMEA), was recently awarded a $25,000 program design grant through the Commonwealth’s Learn to Earn (LTE) Initiative. Working with HMEA, Sodexo USA, Cumberland Farms, Worcester Public Schools, Work Without Limits, MassHire Central Workforce Board, and MassHire Central Career Center… read more >

Nicole Christian-Brathwaite, MD, Medical Director at Riverside Community Care, recently had her article “Implicit Bias: What every pediatrician should know about the effect of bias on health and future directions” published in the journal, Pediatric and Adolescent Healthcare.  In this Q&A, Dr. Christian-Brathwaite discusses her paper and the role implic… read more >

Content from MindWise Innovations, a division of Riverside Community Care: Many people go to at least some effort to look out for their health – their physical health. They watch their diet, limiting daily intake of sugar and salt. They go to the gym and exercise, drink plenty of water, and take multivitamins. Some see their primary care physician every yea… read more >

Content from MindWise Innovations, a division of Riverside Community Care: Teaching youth about depression, suicide, and other mental health challenges facilitates awareness of their own behavioral health. Students who know what these disorders look like and how to respond appropriately to signs and symptoms of them are better able to support their own wellbei… read more >

by Destiny, a member of Neponset River House When I first had the orientation, I admit I was a bit nervous, but so happy to finally do something positive and productive in my life. Before I even knew about the Clubhouse my life was going downhill, really fast. I had no one to interact with, I felt like my life was a bottomless hole. I was no longer going to scho… read more >

An essay by Jessica*, a student at the Riverside School in Milford. “How has my school helped me? I think an easier question would be how has my school not helped me. I started at Riverside School at the end of March after about a year of little education. This was mostly due to my high generalized anxiety disorder and my sensory processing disorder (and my … read more >