REACH Programming

The REACH program services students from ages 3-18 in sub-separate classrooms located within the general education settings in some of our member district schools. Our program specializes in working with students with a variety of neurodiverse and medical profiles. Our current locations include:

REACH I: Woodward Elementary -Southborough,MA  (Pre-K - Grade 4)

REACH II: Trottier Middle School - Southborough, MA (Grades 5-8)

REACH III: Algonquin High School - Northborough, MA (Grades 9-12)

REACH is committed to creating safe, diverse & robust learning environments where continued commitment to lifelong learning & improvement as well as a growth mindset approach is encouraged & celebrated. REACH provides a learning environment that is safe, responsive, and cohesive and strives to empower each student to reach his/her individual educational goals. REACH values collaboration with all members of a student’s educational team. We recognize the diverse strengths & resources AVC community members have to offer & provide all members opportunities to share what they know in order to have a strong program & a strong organization as a whole. REACH team members collaborate with students, families, sending school districts, state agencies, and community health providers to ensure that students are supported during the school day as well as beyond the scope of the school day when indicated. 

REACH assists students and families in developing needed supports, services, and resources for the present and future (after the student ages out of the program). Each REACH classroom is staffed with its own nurse.

Curriculum
A transdisciplinary approach is used where professional  expertise and experience from the members of a student’s team, including both educational and therapeutic disciplines, are integrated. Each professional provides input, data and concepts to maximize each student’s academic and therapeutic growth & progress. Development & delivery of curriculum is rooted in the MA Curriculum Frameworks & learning standards and based on the students’ Individual Education Plan (IEP) & unique needs/interests. There is a strong emphasis on functional academics as well as the development of communication, motor, and social skills across environments and throughout the day. Age appropriate life skills and transition skills are also addressed with students. Our students participate in the MCAS Alternate Assessment in which data and evidence is collected and compiled into a portfolio.  

Related Services

Services include speech therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, vision services, music therapy, and nursing.

Embedded therapies consist of consultative program development including staff training, mentoring, therapeutic handling techniques, transfer training as well as equipment evaluations and ongoing student evaluations. The goal of therapy activities in the classroom is to enhance the student's ability to access their education.