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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.
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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.
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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.
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2003 |
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NECC kicks
off a Capital Campaign with
celebratory dinner with
campaign Co-Chairs Tom Hollister
of Citizen's Bank, and former
Governor Michael Dukakis.
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2002 |
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NECC opens
a new, state-of-the-art
preschool and early childhood
center at its Southborough
site.
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2000 |
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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.
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1998 |
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NECC acquires
property for its Professional
Development Center. This
additional space allows
NECC to expand its program
for professional staff development
by providing additional
classrooms for NECC training
classes as well as the in-house
graduate study programs.
A staff computer-learning
center is also planned for
this space.
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1996
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After extensive
study, NECC senior management
develops a strategic 5-year
plan designed to lift the
quality of the program to
an even higher level. Reorganizing
and reducing the caseload
of senior clinical and educational
administrators simplifies
the structure of the program.
Senior program managers
are able to make rapid clinical
and educational decisions
for the students in their
care. These changes result
in improvements to the program
quality, better documentation
of student progress and
enable the program to develop
areas of applied research.
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1996 |
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NECC opens
a unique residential complex
for children with severely
challenging behaviors providing
24-hour educational services
for students who present
the most complex needs.
The Staff
Intensive Residential Program
accepts students with high
rates of self-injurious
and aggressive behavior
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1995 |
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NECC develops
its first Public
School Outreach Program,
introducing a model classroom
in the Worcester Public
Schools. This public/private
partnership serves as the
stepping stone to an ongoing
collaboration between NECC
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1994 |
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NECC hosts
The Summer Institute:
Studies in Autism sponsored
jointly by NECC and the
Shriver Center University
Affiliated Program as part
of a U.S. Department of
Education training grant.
This week-long Institute
was designed to provide
teachers and other professionals
with an overview of autism
and best practice instructional
strategies for educating
children with autism. The
success of the first year
lead to the Institute becoming
an annual event. Over 600
teachers, parents and public
school administrators have
attended The Summer
Institute.
NECC enters into a strategic
alliance with Simmons College
to provide a Simmons Master's
Degree Program in Intensive
Special Needs to our teaching
staff. Held completely at
our Southborough campus,
the Master's Degree Program
creates a unique applied
program in which academic
instruction is closely yoked
to the hands-on experience
of teaching children with
autism. A key feature to
the program was designing
a degree program that supports
an Applied Behavior Analysis
model of special education
services. Since its inception
the program has enabled
over 600 teachers to earn
a Master's of Severe Special
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1993 |
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Dr. Gina Green
is appointed as NECC's first
Director of Research. At
NECC Dr. Green provides
direction for families in
sorting through the myriad
of "miracle cures"
such as Facilitated Communication.
Dr. Green and clinical colleagues
at NECC help parents understand
the need for scientifically-based
treatment approaches to
help their children with
autism. Under her leadership,
NECC strengthens its research
program and begins to regularly
publish its findings in
national peer reviewed journals. |
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1991 |
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NECC establishes
a center-based Preschool
program serving young children
with autism and PDD. The
program provides intensive
behavioral instruction and
opportunities for integration
with typical peers leading
to systematic transition
into the public schools.
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1990 |
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The New England
Center for Autism incorporates
under a new name, The New
England Center for Children
(NECC), emphasizing its
mission in providing educational
services for children with
autism, PDD and other autism
spectrum disorders. |
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1989 |
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The New England
Center for Autism issues
a $13 million tax exempt
bond, helping to expand
services and securing its
financial future. |
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1987 |
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Dr. Murray
Sidman, Professor Emeritus,
Northeastern University,
joins NECA as Senior Research
Associate. Dr. Sidman is
known for his classic research
book, Tactics of Scientific
Research (1960/1988 Authors
Cooperative, Inc.) as well
as other texts and articles
on behavior analysis. At
NECA Dr Sidman established
a research lab to continue
his seminal work on stimulus
equivalence; research was
conducted in his lab on-site.
Dr. Sidman also held weekly
lab meetings with NECA and
Shriver staff. His work
at NECA led to many publications
and spurred interest in
classroom applications of
his work. |
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1986
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The creative
financial strategies developed
by NECA allowed for construction
of a spacious, specially
designed school building.
With fully modern facilities
in place, NECA was able
to begin to recruit world-class
personnel. Over the next
four years, NECA opens 11
group homes in the Metro
West region, establishing
a community based system
for residential education
for more than 110 children
with autism, PDD and other
disabilities. |
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1985 |
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The Commonwealth
of Massachusetts approved
plans to merge the two
ERI programs into one
community-based school,
The New England Center
for Autism (NECA), with
multiple group homes and
one centrally located
school building in the
Metro West region of Massachusetts.
Clinicians Dr. Becky
MacDonald and Susan Langer
and program consultant
Dr. Paul Touchette publish
NECA's first professional
research study, "A
scatter plot for identifying
stimulus control of problem
behavior" in the
Journal of Applied
Behavior Analysis.
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1980 |
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At the request
of the Massachusetts Department
of Education, Efficacy Research
Institute of Framingham
is established when ERI
assumes control of a failing
school for boys with autism
in Framingham Massachusetts.
Although this emergency
takeover was viewed as a
huge risk, the students
at the new school were soon
thriving in an environment
with well-trained staff
and a highly structured
behaviorally based educational
program. |
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1975 |
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Starting with six children
from the adult ward of a
state institution and a
staff of eight teachers,
ERI opens a residential
school on the grounds of
Taunton State Hospital.
The school was considered
"one of a kind"
for its use of Applied Behavior
Analysis. The program was
an immediate success with
students receiving appropriate
educational services and
learning important life
skills for the first time
in a school designed to
meet their needs. |
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1974 |
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NECC Founder
and Chief Executive Officer & Founder
Vincent Strully incorporates
the Efficacy Research
Institute (ERI), an organization
devoted to providing educational
services to children with
autism and other disabilities.
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