We invite you to navigate our website and learn why past and present students and their families so cherish their involvement with Riverview School.
• Co-educational, boarding school services 180 students ages 12–20 in the middle and secondary program, and ages 19–22 in the post-secondary program (GROW) with a 5-week summer option.
• IQ within 70 – 100 range.
• No significant behavioral or emotional problems.
• Gentle, friendly, naïve.
• Accepts adolescents and young adults with complex language, learning and cognitive disabilities.
• Current enrollment includes students from 29 states and 4 international countries.
• Thematic, integrated, language-based curriculum, taught by licensed faculty.
• Located on Route 6A on scenic Cape Cod on a rural, 16-acre seaside setting, 75 miles from Boston, MA and Providence, RI.
• Extensive direct instruction in English Language Arts and Math.
• Support provided by speech/language pathologists and reading specialists.
• Typical teenage activities and “no-cut” athletic program.
• Boarding school which fosters independence and self-determination through the development of student competence in social and independent living skills.
• Real-life opportunities in the community to generalize skills.
• Health care services provided by full-time registered nurses.
• Safe, supportive, structured "family school."