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The STARTS (Short-Term
Assessment and Return to School) Program is an Alternative
Interim Educational Setting (AIES) which provides educational
and psychological assessment for students who are having serious
difficulties in their school and require evaluation to better
understand their learning styles and problem behavior.
Contact:
Anne Rowland
Program Coordinator
STARTS Program
90 Industrial Park Road
Hingham, MA 02043
781-749-7518
Anne
Rowland, Psy.D., is a clinical psychologist who has been the
Program Coordinator of the STARTS Program at SSEC since it
began in August 2003. Prior to SSEC, Dr. Rowland was the
Clinical Director at the Taunton Adolescent and Family
Treatment Program, evaluating and treating adolescents with
severe psychiatric and behavioral disorders in an inpatient
setting . Her training experience includes two years at the
Behavioral Medicine Department at Cambridge Hospital, as
well as at the Fenway Community Health Center in Boston. As
part of the South Shore Mental Health Doctoral Training
Program, Dr. Rowland also supervises the psychology intern
placed at SSEC each year.
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students are referred by the administrator of special
education from district schools. For high school age
students, STARTS Program students are assessed while in
small classrooms (8-10 students) within the
South Shore High School or
Careers High School. Elementary
and middle school age students are assessed while in small
classrooms (7-8 students) within the
Quest Program.
STARTS students
participate in and have access to all the activities and
learning that are provided for all students within each age
appropriate program. Students are placed for 20 to 45 school
days, after which recommendations for future educational and
psychiatric supports are made. The recommendations include
those made by the SSEC consulting psychiatrist who completes
a one time evaluation with the student and parents.
 Approximately
half way through the STARTS Program, a progress meeting will
be held with the student and the Team. Progress to date and
preliminary recommendations regarding supports necessary for
the student to succeed will be discussed. A final meeting
will be convened at the end of the assessment period where
recommendations for transition will be presented; some
students will return to their referring school, where others
may need to be referred by their district to another program
based on the needs identified during the assessment period
and the subsequent decisions of the Team.
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