Early Childhood
(Birth to 3)

School Age Programs
(Ages 3 - 22)

Integrated Preschool

Oral Preschool
coming soon!

Academic Program

Adapted Academic Program

High School Program

Summer Program

After-School Program (ages 6 to 16)


Sign Language Classes

Consulting and Training

Parent/Family Support

Beverly School for the Deaf’s Integrated Preschool Program provides services to children, age 3 to 5, who are Deaf, Deaf with cochlear implants, hard-of-hearing, hearing, non-verbal and those with speech and language delays.  These special needs students and their community peers participate in preschool activities with language development ongoing throughout all instruction.  Preschoolers learn responsibility, compassion, respect, an appreciation of diversity and self-esteem.

Components of the Integrated Preschool Program include:

Integrated Preschool classes run Monday through Friday 8:30 to 12:30 and include a lunch period.  This Program follows the regular school calendar.  A six week summer program is optional.  Rolling admission and open enrollment for Individual Education Plan (IEP) students is available to eligible candidates.

Community Peers are accepted in the fall on a first come, first enrolled basis for a limited enrollment.  Community Peer students must commit to attending a minimum of four mornings per week.

For more information contact the Director of Education, Jeanne Farwell at jeannefarwell@beverlyschoolforthedeaf.org

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The Oral Preschool is an educational placement for Auditory-Oral students.  This program focuses on the child making maximum use of his/her residual hearing through amplification.  This training helps the child develop speech and process language through auditory pathways.

The Auditory-Oral approach uses:

Our primary goal for students in the Oral Preschool Program is their development of speech and communication skills necessary for successful integration into the hearing community. The program has been specifically designed and offers:

Along with academic readiness skills, preschoolers learn responsibility, compassion, respect, an appreciation of diversity and positive self-esteem.  Community students serve as peer models for language and social development.  All students benefit from a focused language emphasis and high faculty to student ratio.

Oral Preschool classes run Monday through Friday 8:30 to 12:30 and include a lunch period.  This Program follows the regular school calendar.  A six week summer program is optional.  Rolling admission and open enrollment for Individual Education Plan (IEP) students is available to eligible candidates.

Community Peers are accepted in the fall on a first come, first enrolled basis for a limited enrollment.  Community Peer students must commit to attending a minimum of four mornings per week.

For more information contact the Director of Education, Jeanne Farwell, jeannefarwell@beverlyschoolforthedeaf.org

The on-campus academic program includes children from elementary through middle school.  A full range of developmentally appropriate academic subjects are taught through structured teaching of integrated thematic units and specialized curricula, with goals and concepts aligned with Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks.  Individualized instruction is maintained through small class sizes, high staff to student ratios, and thorough Individual Education Plans.  Partial mainstreaming with nearby public schools is an option for some students.

Adapted Academic Program  The life skills and functional curriculum serves students ages 6-22 who, in addition to communication impairment, have cognitive delays or a developmental disability.  The academic program is modified as needed and augmented with additional activities to develop functional language and independent living skills and foster social interaction.  At 16, students are given vocational opportunities in the school and community to practice appropriate work and independent living skills.

Beverly School for the Deaf offers high school programming for Deaf and hard of hearing students through a comprehensive program housed at Beverly High School.

Students are Deaf or hard of hearing.  This program may also be appropriate for hearing students with special communication needs who benefit from an intensive language focus with spoken language augmented by sign language.

Students have the opportunity to receive instruction from a teacher of the deaf/special educator in a self-contained class and also can attend integrated classes supported by an educational interpreter.  Services of Beverly School for the Deaf’s speech/language therapist and counselor are also available.

Students receive the specialized instruction, curriculum modifications and therapeutic support they need while having the opportunities of integration into the high school community.

Program staff has support from and can access all the resources of Beverly School for the Deaf’s main campus.

A vocational option is available which includes a variety of short term community placements with instruction and experience in areas such as: culinary arts, animal care, creative arts and horticulture.

Students ages 3 to 22 with specialized learning and communication needs spend six weeks working on academics, vocational and life skills on Beverly School for the Deaf’s campus.  Faculty and staff work on Individual Education Plan (IEP) goals in both classroom and real-world environments.

Non-Beverly School for the Deaf students from other programs are encouraged to apply to this Department of Education (DOE) approved, academic program.