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At Perkins, our mission is clear: We help children with disabilities find their place in the world. Perkins offers a continuum of services to address every need, ability and age infancy through young adulthood because we believe every child can learn and has the right to unlock opportunities to define their own success.
Perkins School for the Blind serves students with visual impairments, CVI, deafblindness and CHARGE from birth through age 22. We teach the Expanded Core Curriculum to help students access core academics and acquire the social and independent living skills their sighted peers learn incidentally.
Perkins offers a continuum of education and services where and when you need us, including teacher training online and at our campus, courses for professional development and graduate credit, independent comprehensive evaluations, assistive technology solutions, teachers and professionals for the visually impaired who can supplement your school's resources, and transition programs that prepare young adults for college, independent living and/or the workplace.
Off campus itinerant teachers of students with visual impairments (TVIs) and deafblind specialists provide direct and consultative services throughout New England. Learn more at Perkins.org.
Club or Organization: Grousbeck Center for Students and Technology
Arts and Music Programs: Chorus, Handbells, Internet Radio Station, Piano Instruction, Recording Studio
Recreational Athletic Programs: Goalball
School Notes
Founded in 1829 as the first school for the blind in the U.S.,
Perkins School for the Blind offers equitable educational and
learning opportunities for every student. We offer an environment
where students are able to develop strong social skills, forge
meaningful connections with peers, take part in school traditions,
and participate fully in all areas of the Perkins school
community.Our culture is built upon a foundation of positive
relationships with students and their families. Committed to
developing each child's maximum level of self-reliance and
independence, our experts individualize programs for students of
all abilities and provide customized instruction in academics,
independent living, assistive technology, vocational training, and
more.We are experts in the Expanded Core Curriculum
(ECC), a disability-specific curriculum designed for children with
visual impairment that helps them access core academics and address
the social and independent living skills their sighted peers learn
incidentally. We integrate the expanded core curriculum
across all teaching and learning opportunities and emphasize
instruction in self-determination and self-advocacy. Our programs
place a premium on transitioning students for success after leaving
Perkins, facilitating a path toward meaningful engagement in their
communities, employment or college.
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