About Us

Welcome to the Hallmark Development Center. This unit and its programs are located within the Northampton Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. The center is located in a residential area of Northampton, convenient to Interstate 91, public transportation, university and colleges, medical facilities, parks and recreation areas. Hallmark is a 41-bed unit, providing comprehensive programming, services, support, and guidance for families coping with the stress and confusion surrounding the needs of complex children and young adults. It is a warm and friendly home-like setting to children and young adults with fragile medical conditions or those needing short-term rehabilitation. The children and young adults receive skilled nursing care integrated with educational programs, recreation activities and rehabilitation services. We want to assist each family in designing a developmental plan, with their vision for their child’s future, which will assist the child in reaching his/her maximum potential.

The following is a list of the diagnoses shared by the children and young adults who have stayed short-term or live at the Hallmark Development Center. They may or may not exist in conjunction with G and/or J-tube feeding ports or tracheotomies. The following diagnoses are not inclusive of all the diagnoses that can be accommodated by the Hallmark Development Center:

• Anoxic brain Injury
• Hydraencephaly
• Microcephaly
• Encephalopathy
• Intractable Myoclonia
• Agenesis of the Corpus Colosum
• Spastic Quadraparesis
• Trisomy 13
• Toxoplasmosis
• Cerebral Palsy
• Seizure Disorder
• Severe/Profound Mental Retardation
• Cortical Blindness
• Developmental Delays
• Traumatic Brain Injury
• Pierre Robbins Syndrome
• Angelman’s Syndrome