Acknowledgements
We would like to thank Akins Marketing & Design in New London, Connecticut, for their editorial and graphic design support. They enabled the document to have one voice and an engaging layout.
We would also like to acknowledge photographer Bruce Johnson in East Haddam, Connecticut. His eye captured the essence of our work in his photographs. Lastly, we would like to thank Margaret Hamman and Child and Family Agency of Southeastern Connecticut for their coordination efforts enabling the vision for this manual to be brought into print.