First Children Services
Caitlin Summers-Motta MA, LPC ACS has extensive experience in the mental health field, with roles in program development, clinical oversight, and providing counseling services to families. Currently, Caitlin holds multiple titles at First Children Services, overseeing business development, mental health services, and student-focused services. Prior to this, Caitlin worked as an Adoption Therapist at Oaks Integrated Care, where Caitlin provided attachment and adoption-based counseling services. Caitlin earned their Masters in Counseling from The College of New Jersey and a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey.
First Children Services
First Children Services grew out of the First Children School in Fanwood, NJ. Joseph J. Hess, Jr, its president and owner since 2009, recognized the opportunity to begin providing educational, therapeutic and behavioral health services to children in the most natural settings possible. This may be at home, in the local school district, early intervention programs, hospitals, private schools and residential treatment facilities. First Children operates an approved private school serving children in grades PreK-high school in Fanwood, NJ, which was established in 1978 by Children’s Specialized Hospital and acquired by First Children in 2009. In addition, the organization operates a child care program at its site in Fanwood serving children from infancy through pre-kindergarten, a unique program that serves both children with and without challenges.