The Anna Shaw Children’s Institute (ASCI), 1201 Burleyson Road, will hold a family support class on Tuesday, March 3 at 6 p.m. in the Southern Magnolia Rooms on first floor of the facility.
Emily Brandt, MD, developmental and behavioral pediatrician, will provide an introduction to autism.
This class is part of ASCI’s CHAMP series. CHAMP stands for Classes to Help, Advise and Motivate Parents. The sessions will be held on the first Tuesday of each month. The CHAMP series is open to families of children of any age.
Please register by calling 706-226-8911. Space is limited. Limited childcare for children 12 and under will be available. To receive assistance with interpretation services and/or auxiliary aids during this event, please let us know when registering.
Participants are encouraged to park in the lower lot since the upper doors will be locked by 6 p.m.
The Anna Shaw Children’s Institute (ASCI), 1201 Burleyson Road, will hold a family support class on Tuesday, Feb. 4 at 6 p.m. in the Southern Magnolia Rooms on first floor of the facility. The topic will be “Learning Differences.”
Nancy Carnevale, MD, medical director, and Nancy Tomanelli, occupational therapist, will present the class.
This class is part of ASCI’s CHAMP series. CHAMP stands for Classes to Help, Advise and Motivate Parents. The sessions will be held on the first Tuesday of each month. The CHAMP series is open to families of children of any age.
Please register by calling 706-226-8911. Space is limited. Limited childcare for children 12 and under will be available. To receive assistance with interpretation services and/or auxiliary aids during this event, please let us know when registering.
Participants are encouraged to park in the lower lot since the upper doors will be locked by 6 p.m.
The Anna Shaw Children’s Institute (ASCI), 1201 Burleyson Road, will hold a family support class on Tuesday, Jan. 7 at 6 p.m. in the Southern Magnolia Rooms on first floor of the facility. The topic will be “Early Childhood: Managing Tantrums by Encouraging Interaction and Communication.”
Kelsey Nelson, BCBA, board certified behavioral analyst, and Jennifer Bray, BSW, social worker, will present this class, which focuses on being a good “interactor” with children with developmental challenges. Tips to deal with tantrums will be a part of the program.
This class is part of ASCI’s CHAMP series. CHAMP stands for Classes to Help, Advise and Motivate Parents. The sessions will be held on the first Tuesday of each month. The CHAMP series is open to families of children of any age.
Please register by calling 706-226-8911. Space is limited. Limited childcare for children 12 and under will be available. To receive assistance with interpretation services and/or auxiliary aids during this event, please let us know when registering.
Participants are encouraged to park in the lower lot since the upper doors will be locked by 6 p.m.
The Anna Shaw Children’s Institute (ASCI), 1201 Burleyson Road, will hold a family support class on Tuesday, Aug. 6 at 6 p.m. in the Southern Magnolia Rooms on the first floor of the facility. The topic will be “Back to School.”
This class is part of ASCI’s CHAMP series. CHAMP stands for Classes to Help, Advise and Motivate Parents. The sessions will be held each month. The CHAMP series is open to families of children of any age.
Nancy Carnevale, MD, medical director, and Nancy Tomanelli, occupational therapist, will present the class, which will include information on managing organization, study skills, handwriting, and more.
Please register by calling 706-226-8911. Space is limited. Childcare will be available for the first 10 families requesting the service.
Participants are encouraged to park in the lower lot since the upper doors will be locked by 6 p.m.
Healthcare Design (HCD) recently announced the winners and finalists of its 2019 Healthcare Design Showcase awards program. The Anna Shaw Children’s Institute (Hamilton Health Care System) will receive the Award of Merit (highest award) at the HCD Expo & Conference in New Orleans this November. The Healthcare Design Expo & Conference is the industry’s best-attended event focusing on design for healthcare.
HCD is a magazine that serves an audience of architects, interior designers, hospital administrators, facility managers, engineers and key members of the construction community as the premier source of insight, information and inspiration for planning, designing and constructing new or renovated healthcare facilities. Through various channels – magazine, website, events and social media – the magazine actively engages that community.
The Healthcare Design Showcase awards program is in its 19th year of honoring the best design and architecture in the healthcare industry.
“We absolutely love our building – the look, the atmosphere, the windows, the wall vinyls and all of the other details!” said Terri Woodruff, executive director. “The medical elements are hidden in the forest design so that, to the children, it looks like a treehouse in the forest. The wayfinding is working just as we had planned, and the children walk in and begin playing and exploring. They are calm and playful. The anxieties that can occur at a typical doctor’s office are just not present.”
Dedicated to the memory of local philanthropist Anna Sue Shaw, the Institute is an advocate for the care of children who are experiencing the challenges of autism spectrum disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder or developmental delays.
With design elements inspired by the style of a tree house, the Institute was designed to be considerate of children’s differing abilities to tolerate light, sound and texture. The Institute provides a unique environment with the overall goal to blend calming color and fun play for children of all abilities.
The structure’s roof line and design are patterned after a tree house. The outside of the building pulls together the elements of glass, wood and mountain stone in a color palette of browns, greens and blues to reflect the beauty of the North Georgia mountains. The walls of windows provide for natural light to warmly flow into the interior of the building.
The room designs include forest animals, birds or butterflies Each of the rooms has dimmable lights. Some unique areas for care include the Swan Room, an aquatic therapy room for children with a swim tank. The Oriole room is used for occupational therapy. Feeding therapy can take place in the Finch or Falcon rooms in a booth that mimics dining out. Children can participate in speech therapy in the Sparrow or the Seagull rooms.
Children can receive physical or occupational therapy in the Tree House Gym, a large 2,900-square-foot gym with colorful patterns on the floor, an adaptive climbing wall, an indoor slide and a fun track in the middle of the room. During pleasant weather, therapy can be enjoyed outside in the Treehouse Terrace, an outdoor therapy area with a roller slide, a spinning chair, adaptive pull up bars, a sensory wave and a fun set on tympani drums.
“Our care team continually comments on the ease of the workflow due to the design,” said Woodruff. “ESa did a stellar job!”
The Anna Shaw Children’s Institute (ASCI), 1201 Burleyson Road, will hold its first family support class on Tuesday, June 4 at 6 p.m. on first floor of the facility. The topic will be “Managing Tantrums by Encouraging Interaction and Communication.”
This class is part of ASCI’s CHAMP series. CHAMP stands for Classes to Help, Advise and Motivate Parents. The sessions will be held each month. The CHAMP series is open to families of children of any age.
Kelsey Nelson, BCBA, board certified behavioral analyst, and Jennifer Bray, BSW, social worker, will present the June class, which focuses on being a good “interactor” with children with developmental challenges. Tips to deal with tantrums will be a part of the program.
For future sessions, ASCI plans to provide limited childcare.
During this first session, participants will have an opportunity to provide input on convenient dates and times for future sessions. Those who can’t attend this session may provide input by calling 706-226-8911
Please register by calling 706-226-8911. Space is limited.
Participants are encouraged to park in the lower lot since the upper doors will be locked by 6 p.m.
We are proud to announce that Anna Shaw Children’s Institute is now open and providing care to children and families across our region.
Please join us for our community open house on Tuesday, April 16 to tour our facility and meet Dr. Nancy Carnevale, Dr. Emily Brandt, and the rest of the Anna Shaw Children’s Institute team.
A sensory-friendly hour will be held from 4:30pm to 5:30pm. The open house will continue through 7:30pm. Please call 706-226-8900 for more information.
Nancy Carnevale, MD, Board-certified Child Development Pediatrician
As the medical director of Anna Shaw Children’s Institute, Dr. Carnevale specializes in attention disorders, autism spectrum disorders, behavioral and developmental challenges, and more.
Dr. Carnevale graduated from Assumption College in Worcester, Massachusetts, attended medical school at Brown University in Rhode Island, and completed her residency in pediatrics at the University of Connecticut. She also completed her fellowship at Brown University and is board certified in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities.
While practicing pediatric medicine and serving as an assistant professor, she found her passion in treating children with complex disorders. Since 1997, she has cared for children with developmental delays, as well as provided guidance to their families. Dr. Carnevale and her husband, Christian, have four children.
Emily Brandt, MD, Board-certified Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician Dr. Brandt specializes in attention disorders, autism spectrum disorders, behavioral and developmental challenges, and more.
Dr. Brandt graduated from Southern Adventist University in the Chattanooga area and then attended medical school and completed her internship and residency at Loma Linda University. She obtained her fellowship in Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics at the University of Iowa.
Dr. Brandt has cared for children with developmental delays and has assisted with educating medical students, pediatrics residents, and child psychiatry residents during her fellowship at the University of Iowa and as faculty at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine in Chattanooga.
Hamilton Medical Center (HMC) is looking for volunteers for Treetop Treasures, a specialty shop inside the new Anna Shaw Children’s Institute. This shop caters to the unique needs of children with developmental and cognitive delays. Treetop Treasures will need 15 to 25 volunteers willing to commit to one 3-hour shift a week. Organizers are hoping to find people who have experience with special needs children, those who have been somehow touched by the cause, or anyone with a desire to give back and serve our community in a special way.
For more information, please apply ONLINE to be a HMC volunteer or contact Gay Ann Talley, volunteer coordinator, at 706-272-6147 or gtalley@hhcs.org. Rachel Earley, gift shop manager, is pictured.
Hamilton Health Care System will hold a topping-off celebration for the Anna Shaw Children’s Institute on Tuesday, Oct. 16 at 5 p.m. The event, celebrating the completion of the roof on the building, will be held on the top level of the new parking garage at the corner of Broadrick and Memorial drives. The public is invited.
Construction is expected to be completed by March 2019.
Those who attend the event are encouraged to bring their favorite caps, which will play a part in the topping-off construction tradition.
Dedicated to the memory of Anna Sue Shaw, the Institute will be a regional leader of and advocate for the care of children who are experiencing the challenges of autism spectrum disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder or developmental delays. The Institute will serve the families of Northwest Georgia, as well as neighboring communities in the region and beyond.
With design elements inspired by the style of a tree house, the Institute is being constructed in a serene environment reflective of the natural beauty that exists in our region. Families will be able to receive diagnoses, treatment and support, all under one roof.
Focusing on early intervention, the Institute will provide cognitive, psychological and developmental evaluations to ensure the assessment of each child’s individual skill set and to identify appropriate therapy services to maximize the child’s development. Available therapies for children will include physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy and feeding therapy. Psychological services will provide assistance to children and families through individual counseling, family counseling and behavioral support services. A treatment navigator – a dedicated Institute employee – will support families through the diagnostic and treatment processes.
Hamilton is recruiting highly-qualified specialists in the areas of developmental pediatrics, child and adolescent psychiatry and psychology. The Institute will employ a staff of nationally-recognized experts in the study and treatment of autism spectrum disorder. Additionally, Hamilton providers will collaborate and bring in neurology, genetics, gastroenterology and other pediatric sub-specialists to treat patients.