CREC River Street Schools and Programs

River Street School provides comprehensive academic and life skills curricula for students aged 3 - 22 who present with a variety of behavioral, communicative, and neurological disorders including autism spectrum disorders, seizure disorders, identified genetic syndromes such as Fragile X, metabolic disorders, and those students with dual diagnoses. For students 15 and older, the Vocational Services Department provides additional skills development as appropriate and transitional training to students turning 22. River Street School represents a tradition of service that began in 1963 as a half-day a week program of the Greater Hartford Mental Health Association providing social service supports to families of children diagnosed with autism. The Day Treatment Service opened in 1967 to provide educational services and became a member program of the Capitol Region Education Council in 1972. In 1990, DTS moved to a new state-of-the-art facility in Windsor, CT and became River Street School. The spacious Windsor campus is comprised of the Main Building, the Vocational Building and the Annex, and provides a variety of student-centered settings for learning and developing independence. Additional campus-based and satellite components, the River Street Autism Program in Bloomfield, the Integrated Program Model, and the Autism Outreach Program further enhance the compliment of available services. We are proud of our exceptional services that have been of benefit to thousands of students over five decades. River Street School has received awards and recognition from numerous organizations including the Council for Exceptional Children, St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, the Computer Learning Foundation, the Governor's Coalition on Employment Opportunities for Youth with Disabilities and the Northeast Communication Enhancement Group.