Welcome!

Sommerville Young Adult Community builds on each person’s strengths to assure each young adult becomes a successful member of our community, as well as other communities he or she may choose to be a part of in the future. We recognize that many programs and schools are simply not designed to provide appropriate supports, which often results in increased frustration, shut down, and depression over time. Sommerville was established to resolve these secondary symptoms by providing a community where needs are met for each person to matter and to belong.

Sommerville Young Adult Community has been built from the ground up on current research and best practices for people with Asperger’s Syndrome, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, multiple diagnoses, and neurobehavioral characteristics. Sommerville staff has been trained by—and will continue working with—leading professionals to understand the link between brain function and behaviors, establishing and strengthening relationships that are essential for healing and successful community life.

Sommerville is a community, not a school or program. We believe in the importance of a sense of belonging, and of shared growth among all people in our community.

Sommerville is a healing community unlike any other, for young adults ages 18 and over. It is for young people who have not been understood from a brain-based perspective and as a result have struggled at home and school, in other services or programs, or at work. Sommerville provides a safe supportive setting, within which young men and women are able to explore their strengths and interests, and to experience successes.

These young men and women are invited on a journey of self discovery and the road to self actualization. Together we will experience field-based experiential skills, the opportunity to foster professional relationships, therapeutic groups and activities, life skills, and career planning, all in an environment which promotes overall health and wellness.

Each of our community activities relates to the others, providing an integrated approach for exploring interests and maximizing each person’s potential. These areas include:

• Life and Living
• Nature-Based Ecological Activities
• Horses and Other Animals
• Overall Health and Well Being
• Individual Development

The primary focus of all community events and activities is to enhance discovery of individual talents and passions, building on greater self understanding and acceptance in order to experience a rich and full life.