Richard McManus
Director of The Fluency Factory
Director of Beal Street Academy

Richard McManus is a nationally known expert, practitioner and trainer in the field of Precision Teaching.

He began his 30-year career as a staff psychologist at the Fernald State School, leaving to become educational director for the first Precision Teaching based program for autistic children in the United States.

The high level of vocational skills his students displayed led to a long-term relationship with vocational training center WORK Inc., becoming the Vice President of Consolidated Products and Services, a groundbreaking corporation that provided full-time, full-pay employment to disabled individuals producing world class medical products.

Mr. McManus entered the field of private enterprise, becoming a corporate trainer and consultant to a clientele that included Northwest Airlines, United Airlines, Reebok and National Public Radio.

Most recently, as Director of the Fluency Factory, Mr. McManus has concentrated on building a state of the art learning center for children using Precision Teaching to provide K-12 students the necessary skills to thrive in school.  The Fluency Factory has helped over 300 children to move rapidly forward and develop the confidence to succeed.

Mr. McManus is also the Director of Beal Street Academy, an academy designed to rapidly build reading, math and composition prerequisites.  Once these foundation skills are in place the Academy works to teach the content skills in social studies, higher level math, geography and sciences that are missing from the student's academic backgrounds.

Now in its third year, the Academy has received provisional approval from the Massachusetts Department of Education, and can accept referrals from Massachusetts cities and towns.

Mr. McManus also maintains a private educational consulting practice.  His clients currently include school districts in Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire.