The Threshold Program is a , non-degree, campus-based program at Lesley University in Cambridge, MA for motivated young adults with learning challenges.
The Threshold Program is a comprehensive, non-degree, campus-based program at Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts for highly motivated young adults with diverse learning challenges and other special needs. All are clearly interested in careers in one of our vocational fields of study - Business and Support Services or Early Childhood Studies, and all have a strong desire to become independent adults. Threshold students are high school graduates who typically have received extensive special services in either private or public schools, yet each would likely have considerable difficulty succeeding in a traditional college degree program.
Threshold's Two-Year Program accommodates about fifty students each year. Most participants generally attain scores below the average range on specific standardized tests of intellectual ability. Reading and writing skills typically range from the fourth to seventh grade level; often math skills tend to be at somewhat lower levels.
Two successful years on campus culminate in graduation, where students receive a certificate of completion and six college credits from Lesley University. Most students then participate in one of Threshold's two post-graduate programs: Transition Year provides continuing support as students enter the work world and live in apartments; Bridge offers another year of skill building on campus. Both are certificate programs and an additional three college credits are awarded for successful completion of Transition Year.
