Support Brighton Center! - Amy Altamirano

Help Me Support Brighton Center

I love to say that I’m not just the Director of Brighton’s Early Childhood Intervention program, I’ve been a Brighton parent, too.

When Grant and Oliver were 18 months old, my mom’s intuition told me they needed help with communication. I asked our pediatrician and heard the same reassurances I had heard from so many families: “They’re just boys.” “They’re twins.” “Wait until they turn two.”

I love our pediatrician, and I know he meant well. But I also knew that six months is a long time in the life of a toddler. I didn’t want to spend those months wondering if we should have acted sooner.

At Brighton, Grant and Oliver received Speech Therapy and Specialized Skills Training. Our providers helped us understand what my boys needed and showed us ways to support their communication in everyday moments. As a parent, that meant so much more than having appointments on the calendar. It meant having someone listen to my concerns and help us with strategies that we could use every day to help develop their language. It meant that we had help from our Special Education Support Services when we transitioned into Early Childhood Special Education services. Most of all, it meant that Grant and Oliver had all the support they needed to now be thriving in 4th grade, mastering the STAR testing and participating in the Gifted and Talented Program.

Today, when I ask you to support Brighton, I’m asking as both a director and a mom. I know what it feels like to worry about your children and how much it means when someone says, “We’re here, and we can help.”

Your gift helps Brighton be there for the next family ready to ask for help. Please give so more children like Grant and Oliver can receive the support they need, when they need it.

Every dollar you give today helps us reach the next child, the next family, the next moment where fear can soften into possibility.

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