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Cheryl Pasquariello’s grandson was only 3, but he had already been kicked out of one day-care center. His aggressive behavior was bordering on violent when, after he was removed from his parents’ care, he moved to Worcester to live with his grandmother. He slammed doors. He threw tantrums. He screamed.

Pasquariello was desperate for help when she enrolled him at the local YWCA’s preschool. She needed to work. And more than that, she needed help with the boy, who, having lived in several homes, didn’t trust any adults, Pasquariello says, and did not even know how to hold a pencil.

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