First Children Services
Theresa Linder has been Special Education Coordinator, Behavior Specialist, and Special Education Teacher at Tacony Academy Charter School since August 2010. Additionally, Theresa holds the position of Behavior Technician II at First Children Services since April 2017. Theresa earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Special Education and Teaching from Kutztown University of Pennsylvania in 2010 and completed their Master's degree in Applied Behavior Analysis from Capella University in 2020.
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.