 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.
The Center has serviced thousands of participants and is currently open to referrals. WFLC contracts with over 40 state and private rehabilitation facilities, hospitals, day programs and school systems, is a credentialed Mass Health provider, a certified vendor with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and serves many of the agencies within the Executive Office of Health and Human Services.
 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.
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Hippotherapy |
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Mammal and Plant Study |
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Farm Maintenance |
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Nature Awareness/Environmental Education |
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Sensory Integration Programs |
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Behavioral Therapy |
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Imagination and Play Therapy |
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 NEWS AND EVENTS
Come to our afternoon fundraiser to benefit our students on Saturday, May 22, 2010! Featured speaker, Dawn Carr, renowned psychic medium, will communicate with our special animals; Michael Higgins, performance chainsaw artist, will demonstrate his carving talents that created our Magic Woodland, and much more. Click here for Flyer
When: Saturday, May 22, 2010 (rain or shine)
Where: Wellspring Farm Learning Center, 42 Hiller Rd. Rochester, MA 02770
Time: Noon – 5:00 p.m.
Donation: $25.00 per person (tax deductible)
To Attend: Make your donation of $25.00 per person online and your receipt is your ticket or send a check and your tickets will be at the door!
ROCKLAND TRUST DONATES COPIER:
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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...
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