History and Fact Sheet
NECC has built its programs on over 30 years of practical experience. From its early days to today, NECC’s commitment to respectfully provide high-quality educational services, and to help each student to reach his or her individual potential and to lead as productive and independent a life as possible, has been our driving force.
View an "at-a-glance" fact sheet with current data and statistics about NECC.
The following timeline provides a look at how it all began at NECC, as well as a glimpse of some of the more noteworthy moments in NECC's history
NOW
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NECC is internationally recognized as a leader in the field of education for children with autism and other related disabilities. NECC currently serves more than 320 students between the ages of 2 and 22 from across the United States and several foreign countries. NECC has over 700 employees, ranging from Bachelors and Masters level teachers and specialists, to PHD psychologists. NECC also has over 60 Board Certified Behavior Analysts on site. Over the past 15 years, more than 600 employees have graduated from one of our 3 on-site Masters Degree programs.
NECC's applied research is regularly published in the top peer reviewed journals in our field. Our professionals have presented this research throughout the US as well as in Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, China, and Ireland.
2006
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In April, NECC celebrated the deployment of our internet curriculum to the first of our Partner Classrooms. NECC operates 14 Model ABA Classrooms in public schools across the state. This unique partnership allows children on the Autism Spectrum to receive state of the art educational services while remaining in their public schools.
2005
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NECC receives the 2005 SABA Award for Enduring Programmatic Contributions in Behavior Analysis. NECC accepts the prestigious award at the opening event of the 31st Annual Association for Behavior Analysis (ABA) Convention, Saturday, May 28, 2005 in Chicago.
2003
- NECC kicks off a Capital Campaign with celebratory dinner with campaign Co-Chairs Tom Hollister of Citizen's Bank, and former Governor Michael Dukakis.
2002
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NECC opens a new, state-of-the-art preschool and early childhood center at its Southborough site.
2000
- NECC celebrates its 25th anniversary with a gala celebration at the Boston World Trade Center with Senator Edward Kennedy, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and Worcester Mayor Raymond Mariano.
NECC receives the National Award for Model Professional Development from the United States Department of Education and is honored at presentation in Washington DC by the Secretary of Education Richard Riley and Miss America Angela Perez.
