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Mercy Centre provides comprehensive educational and employment training opportunities for students with developmental disabilities, mental retardation, sensory impairments, and/or physical challenges combined with attentional, communication, motor, medical and/or behavioral involvement. It is designed to maximize a student's independence with a goal of full participation in his/her community in accordance with each student's IEP. It operates full-day sessions during regular school days, 180 days a year.

Mercy Centre offers the following to each student it services:

Comprehensive Services - integrating total communication, occupational, sensory integration, physical, and music therapies, psychological and home - school liaison services with functional academics, socialization, community awareness, independent living skills , human awareness skills, travel training, adaptive physical education and employment training.

	A very low student / staff ratio allows for a high degree of individualized programming. Class sizes average 4 - 8 students per class.
	More than classroom - the social, emotional and physical needs of students are a big part of the program as well. Fun is part of learning too. Mercy has its own basketball team and regularly competes in the Special Olympics. Also for those students and parents interested, there is an optional religious education program, including First Communion and Confirmation classes as well as training for Eucharistic minister.
	Maximizing independence - according to each student's needs may include any or all of the comprehensive services listed above. The goal is to prepare students for the greatest amount of independence in adulthood.
	Learning about the physical and emotional changes that occur during adolescence and using team sports such as basketball, soccer and kickball as well as fitness and aerobics helps to develop the whole person. A dance/social is held weekly during school time. An annual dinner/dance is held in the spring.

The Lower School Program -

serves students ages 6 - 13 in preparation for future greater independence. Interwoven into the academic curriculum is the learning of important new skills essential to self-sufficiency - how to control behaviors and emotions, safety in the community, and getting along with others.

The Prevocational Program -

serving students ages 14 - 22, integrates functional academic learning with vocational training
through our School to Work component. Students learn more advanced independent living skills as well as acquire greater community awareness and social maturity. A significant amount of time is spent on employment and training on and off-site. Our School to Work component, from orientation to
job placement, is key to future independence. Community class is unique in that the application of
independent living skills is practiced directly in the community.

Staff Qualifications

All areas of the curriculum are taught by Massachusetts Certified or Certifiable classroom teachers and staff.