Elwyn, was founded in 1852, is one of the oldest and largest care facilities in the United States, serving children and adults with various physical, developmental, sensory (deaf/blind) disorders, and emotional disabilities, as well as those with mental illness, those who are disabled by age, and those who are economically disadvantaged. Elwyn is located in Elwyn, Pennsylvania, in Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. It has various names for its history, including "The weak-minded Pennsylvania School for Children's Training". In 1966, he became the "Elwyn Institute". Today, it is "Elwyn."
Elwyn's services include education, rehabilitation and employment options, child welfare services, assisted living, quiet care, campus therapeutic housing programs and community, and other support for daily life. Elwyn has satellite operations in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware, as well as programs in California.
Elwyn was named for its founder, Dr. Alfred L. Elwyn, a doctor and philanthropist who did not discipline Pennsylvania.
Elwyn has served as a consultant in the United States and abroad, helping to develop similar services.
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History
Dr. Alfred Elwyn went to Boston to attend the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1849. He had promised to take a letter from Rachel Laird, a blind girl living in Philadelphia, to Laura Bridgman (December 21, 1829-May). 24, 1889), the famous blind deaf blind in Boston. Bridgman is studying at the South Boston Institute for the Blind, and while there Elwyn visits the classroom for mentally ill children run by Dr. James B. Richards.
Elwyn was impressed with Richards' work, and decided to do something similar in Pennsylvania. In 1852, with Richards, Elwyn founded a training school for mentally retarded children in Germantown, Pennsylvania. In 1853, the State Legislature of Pennsylvania formally chartered "Pennsylvania Training School for Mind-Mind Children" with Richards as the first supervisor in Germantown. The school soon outperformed the Germantown facility, and in 1857 a 60-hectare (240,000 m 2 ) farm was purchased in Media, Pennsylvania to build a new facility with help from the Pennsylvania legislature. The building was completed in 1859 and Elwyn, Richards, and 25 students moved on September 1, 1859. The school was officially dedicated 2 November 1859.
In 1870, Dr. Elwyn became President of Elwyn School. West Chester and Philadelphia Railroad have nearby stops called "Greenwood" stops, but locals call it "Elwyn Station". The closest community is also known as "Elwyn".
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Location
- Elwyn, founded 1852.
- Media, Pennsylvania, Main facility, established in 1859.
- Philadelphia, founded in 1982.
- Wilmington, Delaware, was founded in 1974.
- Vineland, New Jersey, Vineland Training School, founded in 1888, joined Elwyn in 1988.
- Elwyn California, an independent affiliate, was founded in 1974.
- Fountain Valley, California
- Torrance, California
- Israel Elwyn, an independent, former affiliate, was founded in 1984.
References
External links
- History of Elwyn
- Archives of Elwyn's History , Archives and Libraries on Disability, University of Colorado
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