START Program

What is START?

Hopkinton High School’s Student Therapeutic Academic Resource Team (START) is a short-term transitional program.  The goal is to reintegrate students with significant absences back into school by providing clinical, skill-based, psychological, and academic support. START is designed to be a place where students can come to get support and gain skills that will increase their ability to function independently, transition back to school and succeed within the community.

START is designed to be a transitional support (typically 3-12 weeks).  We provide clinical support, academic coordination, family support, and care coordination services to students who are reintegrating into a full schedule after missing extensive amounts of learning due to serious mental health, medical, and/or life transition challenges.  On a case-by-case basis, START may be considered as a preventative intervention and support in the building.