Dr. Franklin Perkins School

The Doctor Franklin Perkins School is a private special education school located in Lancaster, Massachusetts. It is a K-12 school serving children and adolescents with a range of psychiatric, social, emotional, and executive functioning issues.[1] It provides residential, day treatment, and community-based services.[2]

The school was founded in Newton, Massachusetts in 1896 as the Hillbrow School, changing its name in the 1920s when it relocated to Lancaster under the administration of child psychologist Franklin Haskins Perkins. The school's current executive director is Charles P. Conroy.[2]

There are six residential buildings, each having offices for the presiding clinician, the nurse and directors. The ratio at the houses is usually 1 staff person to 4 clients.

There are currently two year-round Asperger syndrome programs, one for children ages 12 to 18, the other a college and career program for young adults 18 years and older who have completed high school.[1]

Perkins facilities include an indoor swimming pool, fitness center, auditorium with stage, and a ropes challenge course.

References

  1. 1 2 Who We Serve, Perkins School
  2. 1 2 History of Perkins, Perkins School

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Coordinates: 42°27′38.33″N 71°40′18.25″W / 42.4606472°N 71.6717361°W / 42.4606472; -71.6717361


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