NECC Awards

2024

  • President and CEO Jessica Sassi, PhD, BCBA-D, LABA, named to the Worcester Business Journal’s “Power 100” Class of 2024
  • NECC is named a NASET School of Excellence from the National Association of Special Education Teachers
  • MRC-NECC recognized with prestigious Nafis Award

2023

  • Founder and CEO Vincent Strully, Jr. named to the Worcester Business Journal’s “Power 50” Class of 2023
  • Vinnie Strully is awarded the Massachusetts Association of Approved Special Education Schools (MAAPS) Leadership Award, which moving forward will be known as the L. Vincent Strully Jr. Leadership Award.
  • NECC’s Green Committee honored by BABAT with “Behavior Change for a Sustainable World” award

2022

  • Boston Parents Paper names NECC a Family Favorite – Special Needs Preschool
  • NECC is named a NASET School of Excellence from the National Association of Special Education Teachers

2021

  • NECC is named a NASET School of Excellence from the National Association of Special Education Teachers

2020

  • Boston Parents Paper names NECC a Family Favorite – Special Needs Preschool
  • Founder and CEO Vincent Strully, Jr. named to the Worcester Business Journal’s “Power 50” Class of 2020

2017

  • NECC receives the Award for International Dissemination of Behavior Analysis from the Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis (SABA)
  • Vincent Strully, Jr. receives the Lifetime Achievement Award by Nonprofit PRO
  • Vincent Strully, Jr. named Business Leader of the Year by Worcester Business Journal

2015

  • NECC’s ACE® ABA Software System receives the Innovation Award from the Small Business Association of New England (SBANE)

2008

  • NECC is named a NASET School of Excellence from the National Association of Special Education Teachers

2007

  • Vincent Strully, Jr. is named Social Entrepreneur of the Year in New England by Ernst & Young

2006

  • NECC is a recipient of a $450K Challenge Grant from the Kresge Foundation of Troy, MI

2005

  • NECC receives the Award for Enduring Programmatic Contributions in Behavior Analysis from the Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis (SABA)

2000

  •  The U.S. Department of Education gives NECC the National Award for Model Professional Development; it is the only special education school to receive such recognition.