First Children Services
Paige Wallace serves as the Center Director and Board Certified Behavior Analyst at First Children Services since December 2022. Previously, Paige held the position of Clinical Supervisor at Galena Autism and Behavioral Services from July 2022 to November 2022, and worked as a Behavior Consultant at Brett DiNovi & Associates from May 2017 to July 2022. Earlier experience includes roles as a Teacher Assistant at Eden Autism and Alpha School, and an Administrative Coordinator and Level Two Teacher at The New England Center for Children. Academic qualifications include a Master of Arts in Applied Behavior Analysis from Georgian Court University and a Bachelor of Science in Communication Sciences and Disorders from James Madison University.
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.