NECC in the Media
On December 19, NECC President and CEO Jessica Sassi, PhD, BCBA-D, LABA, was named one of the Boston Business Journal’s 2025 Innovators in Healthcare. Dr. Sassi was recognized in the category of Health Equity Champion.
The Millbury-Sutton Chronicle recently published a feature on the importance of early intervention, highlighting NECC’s Autism Infant Sibling Study. The article shares the story of the Kycia family, whose twins were diagnosed with autism at the age of 2. Because a child is 20 percent more likely to have autism if a sibling has been
NECC was included in a recent Boston Business Journal article, entitled “Behavioral Health Buoys,” about the challenges Massachusetts is facing in building a workforce to meet the growing behavioral health needs.
TIME magazine recently published a piece about artificial intelligence (AI) and special education, which featured a photo of an NECC student.
Earlier this month, the publisher of Autism Spectrum News interviewed Jessica Sassi, PhD, BCBA-D, LABA, President and CEO of The New England Center for Children (NECC), about her journey to leadership . at NECC
In December, Jessica Sassi, PhD, BCBA-D, LABA, President and CEO of The New England Center for Children (NECC), was featured on iHeart Radio’s CEOs You Should Know program, a weekly podcast feature that profiles business leaders who drive the regional economy.
The New England Center for Children (NECC) was included in an article about ways to support parents and caregivers at work that appeared in trade publications DEI Advisor and Senior Executive.
In the March issue of Spectrum News, The New England Center for Children (NECC) Founder and CEO Vincent Strully, Jr., contributed an opinion piece about the downside of private equity (PE) firms getting involved in autism services.
NECC's DEI Director Fatou Njie-Jallow shares a blueprint for DEI action and policy for autism service providers, which was published in the Winter 2023 issue of Autism Spectrum News.
During a December 5 school committee meeting, officials from the special education department in the Westfield Public Schools shared an update on how the staffing shortage has created challenges for the district in delivering special education services, and how the ACE® ABA Software System has helped assuage them.
