 WELCOME TO OUR LEARNING CENTER 
Founded in 2000, Wellspring Farm Learning Center (WFLC) in Rochester, Massachusetts, enhances the lives of special needs children and adults by providing a unique, active, outdoor horse farm and environmental learning for participants to strengthen life skills, engage in outdoor enrichment, and participate in therapeutic activities under the supervision of highly qualified professionals. The student acquires a sense of hope and purpose.
Currently, we have over 200 students (children and adults) participating in varied therapeutic activities. The 15-acre Center is open five days a week from 8 AM to 5 PM.
Widely respected, WFLC is credentialed as a Group Practice with Massachusetts Health Standard as well as Massachusetts Behavioral Health Partnership (MBHP). The Group Practice is a certified vendor with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, contracts with all agencies in the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS), and is appropriately registered for state and private agencies.
 EXPERIENTIAL THERAPY PROGRAMS 
As an adventure-based therapeutic program, WFLC believes in a team, hands-on approach in its delivery of a formative, educational and positive experience that enhances a student’s self-esteem, confidence, coordination, physical activity, learning skills, listening skills and trust. WFLC customizes each individual’s education plan, utilizing methods of experiential learning and adhering to Massachusetts Dept. of Education curriculum, through an unrivaled combination of programs, utilizing the horse, farm and environment.
|
Hippotherapy |
|
Mammal and Plant Study |
|
Farm Maintenance |
|
Nature Awareness/Environmental Education |
|
Sensory Integration Programs |
|
Behavioral Therapy |
|
Imagination and Play Therapy |
|
 |
 NEWS AND EVENTS
WELLSPRING FARM RECEIVES MBHP CERTIFICATION
Effective April 20, 2010, the Wellspring Farm Learning Center was approved to participate in the Massachusetts Behavioral Health Partnership (MBHP) provider network to provide outpatient services as a "group practice." We have been assigned a "provider number" and all agreements have been signed and executed. Jim Vogel has also been credentialed as a therapist within the group and can invoice individually accordingly.
read more
ANIMALS & THEIR ANGEL VOICES A SUCCESS
Thank you to everyone who attended and supported our May fundraising event, Animals & Their Angel Voices. You continue to make Wellspring a haven for our students with your generosity. Several photographers helped capture the event for us . . .
read more
HIGGINS CONTINUES TO AMAZE AT ROCHESTER FAIR
Wellspring Farm Learning Center sponsored Michael Higgins, performance chainsaw artist, at the 11th Annual Rochester Fair in August. Once again, he created more than 9 sculptures before a riveted audience. Check out his artistry . . . photo gallery
ROCHESTER: Couple's horse farm brightens children's lives.
Seven years ago, Holly Vogel looked out the window at the woods behind her home one morning and proposed to her husband, Jim, that they buy the land and start a riding program for visually-impaired children. Mr. Vogel, then the director of the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind in New Bedford, was intrigued by the idea of teaching kids life skills using horses...
read more
 JOIN OUR MAILING LIST
 We love sharing our news with you. Subscribe today! |
