Crossroads School

The vision of Crossroads School is to ensure
every student leaves Crossroads more skillful,
confident, productive, and independent than
when he or she arrived. This includes preparing
students to return to their home districts when
possible, as well as transitioning students to
adulthood with the skills to be productive
members of society.

CREATING INDEPENDENCE
-Developing and implementing programming across all age and skill levels to create highest level on independence.
-Use of empirically validated assessment tools to determine level of required staff supports and teaching strategies to systematically teach students to attend and learn in groups of peers.
-Increasing independence and fluency in daily living skills both at home and in the community.

EDUCATIONAL AND CLINICAL PROGRAMS (AGES 3-22)
-Program based on developmentally based scope and sequence (1:1, 1:2, small group instructional formats determined in an empirical manner)
-Academics that align with Massachusetts curriculum frameworks using differentiated instruction.
-Vocational program, life skills curriculum for students 14 and older.

SOCIAL SKILLS CURRICULUMS
-Curriculum includes three skill levels of lesson plans ranging from basic observational skills and parallel play to more sophisticated and subtle social skills such as reading, non verbal social cues and non verbal social amenities.
-Comprehensive school-wide, skill based curriculum with instruction based on the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and evidence based teaching techniques.
-Skills selected from a comprehensive 120 item social skills assessment.
-Groups meet two-three times per week and are based in homogeneous grouping.