The theory of integrating children with special needs into a regular framework is not new, but is seldom put into practice to the extent seen in Reishit, which has proven to be one of the greatest successes in Israeli special needs education. The key to its success is in providing a tailor made program to meet the needs of each child within a regular educational environment. Apart from fostering understanding and tolerance in all children at the school, it also focuses on bringing the special needs child closer to the mainstream and allows them to build the skills they need to achieve a high level of independence or even to return them to mainstream education.

The regular education is similarly innovative in that it focuses on the enjoyment of creativity and the abilities of each child to both learn and contribute within a framework based on Judaism, its values and texts. This combination of integrated special and regular education with an original approach to the syllabus and teaching methods is unique in Israel.