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By Garvin Thomas, NBC11 News
06/02/2008

See original story and pictures at: http://www.nbc11.com/news/16425598/detail.html

FREMONT, Calif. -- Where yesterday there was nothing but an empty field, tomorrow there will be an entire playground.

The Seneca Center for Children and Families is a school catering to emotionally-disturbed children from kindergarten through high school.


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04/16/2008

Tuesday, April 29th 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Hilton Garden Inn 1800 Powell Street Emeryville, 94608

Download a flyer


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03/17/2008

Ken Berrick appeared on KQED's Forum program again, this time the topic was mental health issues in the Juvenile Justice system.

Download the program here (format: mp3/size: 23.8Mb)
(Windows: right-click and choose "Save Target As." Mac: hold Ctrl, click link, and choose "Save As.")


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03/12/2008

Download the program here (format: mp3/size: 23.7Mb)
(Windows: right-click and choose "Save Target As." Mac: hold Ctrl, click link, and choose "Save As.")

For more information, go to the KQED website: click here.


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Ricky Poca, Cebu Daily News
02/26/2008

Dr. George Stewart from Seneca Center presented at the Cebu Youth Trauma Therapy Conference in the Phillipines in February 2008.  To read an article about this conference from the Cebu Daily News, please click on the link below.

http://globalnation.inquirer.net/cebudailynews/opinion/view_article.php?article_id=121287


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02/19/2008
The Art of Transformation exhibition starting April 14 at Studio 333 features the creativity of children in Bay Area mental health programs.SAUSALITO, CA, April 26, 2008 – More than 200 children will participate in The Art of Transformation, the second annual art exhibition which honors the extraordinary creations of children who receive treatment from Edgewood Center for Children and Families, Lincoln Child Center, Sand Paths Academy, Seneca Center, and Sunny Hills Services.  The collective agencies are non-profit organizations that provide mental health services to the Bay Area’s at-risk children and families.  Last year’s exhibition was a wonderful success, bringing together supporters of all the agencies to celebrate children and the arts.

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Julian Guthrie, Chronicle Staff Writer
09/29/2007
More than 77,000 foster children live in California, more than in any other state. For decades, members of this largely invisible population have been moved from home to home until they were "emancipated" at age 18 and cut off from services.

But the safety net for these youths might be expanding soon. ...

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Anne Farrah
08/09/2007
What is the look, the smell and taste, the feeling and sound of Peace?
Local artists participate in Sensing Peace, a collaborative art benefit that explores the connection between the ways in which we sense the world and creating a more peaceful world.
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Martin Ricard
06/29/2007
Last year, nearly 400 teenagers in Alameda County were treated for a serious emotional disorder and then released back to their homes. While there probably were more who could have been reached
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06/25/2007
Alameda County, Telecare, and Seneca Center forge unique partnership to provide vital mental health services to adolescents
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Martin Ricard, STAFF WRITER Inside Bay Area Article
02/04/2007
Seneca to implement a new therapy program to work with youths in the Alameda County probation system, and their families, slated to help keep youths at home, in school and out of juvenile hall.
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Dey, L.P. Team volunteers at Seneca Center
04/30/2005
Company volunteers paint, decorate Receiving Center rooms in children’s emergency shelter
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Laura Casey, Staff Writer - Oakland Tribune
11/13/2002
Seneca Center in San Leandro plans to move to former Oak Knoll Naval Hospital in Oakland
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Erin Leigh O'Brien
11/06/2002
Raiders defensive lineman Chris Cooper spoke to students of all ages at the Seneca Center.
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Seneca Center
08/15/2002
On August 28th, Seneca Center will be celebrating the one-year anniversary of the opening of its Community Treatment Facility for adolescents in Contra Costa, California with an open house party.
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