Mission The Washington Annex Work Study Program provides comprehensive transition services to high school students with significant disabilities through a student-centered approach.
Collaboration occurs between family, school, community, and agency officials.
Faculty and staff are committed to utilizing best practices and exemplary strategies and remain current through literature review and participation in a strong professional development program. The program is located at Coventry High School in Coventry, Rhode Island. Transition goals and objectives are selected on an individual basis by a collaborative planning team consisting of the student, the family, advocates, professionals and all other persons deemed significant by the student. Inherent in this philosophy is the notion that students need to interact with others in the most inclusive manner through community-based instruction and a dynamic supported employment program. The employment program enables each student to experience a variety of real work situations and to advance through a five-step hierarchy of assessment, small businesses, community work groups, and supported employment towards independent employment with natural supports.