Staff Intensive Residential Program
In operation 365 days a year, NECC’s Staff Intensive Program is designed for
students with self-injury and other severe challenging behaviors. Students live in
a specially designed four-apartment home in a residential neighborhood close to the
Southboro campus. Instruction is primarily given in a one-to-one staff-to-student
ratio, with teachers working both in the school and the residence.
The ultimate goal of this intensive instruction is to decrease the student’s
dangerous and severe behaviors and increase his/her capacity to function and
communicate independently. In this way the student can be prepared to move on to
less restrictive settings and enjoy an improved quality of life.
- Curriculum
and Approach
All students participate fully in academic, social, and communication skills instruction. As with all NECC programs, the focus is on skill acquisition. Through the application of a highly specialized educational and behavior management program, students develop the skills and appropriate behaviors that enable them to live, attend school and work with much less support. Our priority is to assess all functions of the child’s behaviors and develop treatment plans to increase their abilities to interact successfully with the people in their environment, so that resorting to dangerous behaviors is unnecessary. This plan stresses the development of functional communication skills, identifying and establishing preferred activities and reinforcers and teaching the child to become competent in many self-care, leisure and daily living skills so that they experience repeated success. 
Residential
Living
In order to ensure consistency across environments, teachers work both in the school and the residence. Programs taught in the residence are designed to compliment the instruction received at the school, and incorporate services available in the local community. All students in the Staff Intensive Residential Program participate in NECC’s comprehensive health care program.
