COMPASS staff are oriented to the emotional, social, and psychological needs of the students. Individualized clinical services provide assistance to each student through establishing and enhancing their emotional management and intrapersonal skills. This work is based in skill building that includes helping students identify appropriate and inappropriate responses to their emotions, using socially acceptable coping skills and strategies to respond to their emotions, and evaluating their own behavior during and following challenging situations.

Teaching and learning at COMPASS are built upon a literacy based, multi-sensory curriculum that establishes and/or enhances a student’s academic and job skills. Teachers develop curriculum guided by the Massachusetts curriculum frameworks and implement lesson plans in compliance with each student’s Individualized Educational Program (IEP). In addition to state-mandated MCAS testing, students may also participate in district-wide testing. These individualized educational opportunities are designed to encourage students to attend to tasks for a required duration along with demonstrating emotional management skills in classroom and employment settings.