CANDIDATE PROFILE / PROGRAM OVERVIEW
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PROGRAM FEATURES - ACTIVITY PROGRAMS - RELATED PROGRAMS
ADDITIONAL OFFERINGS - SUPPORT STAFF - DEMOGRAPHICS
THE LEARNING CLINIC
STUDENT CANDIDATE PROFILE
Eligible Candidates:
- Age range 8 - 25
- Mode Age 15
- Intellectual capability
(see exclusionary criteria) - Mild to severe self-regulation deficits
- Clinical issues include one or
more of the following:- Mood disorder
- Anxiety disorder
- Oppositional defiant disorder
- Impaired attention and concentration
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Tourette’s Syndrome
- Asperger Syndrome or PDD, NOS
(or Autism Spectrum Disorder by symptom criteria) - Lacks age-appropriate social skills and judgment
- School avoidance
- Specific learning disabilities
- Social communication (pragmatics) disorder (SCD)
- Asperger syndrome (1CD 10 – 11 criteria)
- Strengths include:
- Ability to demonstrate cause and effect reasoning
- Ability to respond to a contingency management system
- Able to be redirected when problem behaviors occur
- Able to use prompts
- Willing to learn and use interventions to interrupt behaviors that compete
with required tasks, e.g. use of time offs, sensory breaks - Motivated to obtain a diploma
- Willing to participate in therapeutic process
- Consistent family involvement in education and treatment
- Visiting resources for time away from school
Exclusionary Criteria:
- Does NOT have the following behaviors or primary clinical diagnosis:
- Intellectual Developmental Disorder, Severe or Profound, based on a history of ongoing assessment, and specified by Conceptual, Social and Practical Domains (Rosa’s Law, Public Law 111-256)
- Psychotic disorder
- Active drug or alcohol use
- Aggressive/assaultive behaviors requiring restraint or aversive methods
- Conduct disorder (DSM-V criteria which include: lack of regard for the rights of others, no remorse, cruelty to animals, fire-starter, targets persons and bullies and threatens others, etc.)
- Requires routine physical intervention to control behaviors and maintain safety
- Borderline Personality Disorder
- Pattern of delopement behaviors, currently demonstrated
- Fire setting history
- Sexual perpetrator by history
- Intermittent explosive disorder (across settings by history)
Referral:
- Educational Agency and/or Children Service Agency endorsement and support of the child’s placement is an option chosen by agencies.
- Family referral (TLC placement is an option chosen by the families.)
- Family willingness to participate in therapy and parent training.
- Eligibility for Special Education services under the IDEA and/or SDA DSM-V, ICD-10-11 criteria.
PROGRAM FEATURES (Top)
- International - INS Approved
- Accredited by New England Association of Schools and Colleges
- Approved by the CT State Department of Education
- Approved by the MA State Department of Education
- Approved by the NJ State Department of Education
- Approved by the CA State Department of Education
- 12 months of service
- Multicultural Student Body
- Class size of five to seven students
- Certified special education and regular
certification, by discipline, teachers - Collaborative teaching with English, Math,
Science, and History specialists - Applied Performing Arts Curriculum: Art, Architecture, Printing, Digital Art, 3D Printing Technology, Music, Composing, Drama, Photography, and Music Technology
- Personalized instruction for advanced math, foreign language, writing skills
- Computer-assisted instruction
- Positive incentive program
- Performance monitoring database managed by teacher and student each period
- Personalized academic objectives in all subjects
- Self-paced learning over 12 months, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. program
- Same sex and co-ed residential living options
- Highly-structured, licensed residential living
- Awake overnight staff in each residence
- Residential program in homes staffed by trained staff
- Residences provide overall staff to student ratio of 1:4
- Residences monitored by remote access continuous video
- Young adults ages 17 – 25 transition services support community living – post diploma community college assistance, certificate - continuing education and vocational support services and apartment living.
- School age through young adult program
ACTIVITY PROGRAMS (Top)
- Canoeing
- Mountain Climbing and Hiking
- Camping
- Salt Water Fishing
- Horse Program (NARHA)
Equestrian Skills (English and Western)
Tack
Horse Grooming
RELATED PROGRAMS (Top)
- Small Groups, Family, and Individual Therapy
- Social Skills and Communication Skills
(Extended Day Program) - Independent and Transitional Living Programs
- Vocational Training Program
- Young Apprentice Program
- Apartment Living Program (Community Living)
- Wilderness Activities
- Noncompetitive Athletics
ADDITIONAL OFFERINGS (Top)
- Extensive Summer Program
SUPPORT STAFF (Top)
- Psychiatric Service
- Nursing Staff
- Neuropsychological Service
- Licensed Therapists
- Pragmatic Language Specialist
DEMOGRAPHICS (Top)
- Total Number Students 74
- AGES BY SCHOOL
Lower School - students from 8 to 12 years
Meadows and Breeze Cottage
Middle School - students from 13 to 16 years
Overlook
Upper School - students from 16 to 19 years
Brooklyn
Post Graduate - College experience - 18 to 22 years
World of Work - Community based experience - 18 to 22 years
- LEARNING CHARACTERISTICS
Average to High IQ
Specific Learning Disabilities
Dysgraphia
Pragmatic Language Deficits
Executive functioning deficits
Writing difficulties
Reading comprehension difficulties
Unreliable self estimation
Difficulties managing classroom routine
- GENDER
Day and residential programs are co-ed
30% of the students are girls, 70% are boys
The Learning Clinic - P.O. Box 324, Brooklyn, CT 06234-0324 - Tel 860 774 5619
The Learning Clinic, Inc. is accredited by The New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC), with diploma granting privileges. TLC is a member of the National Association of Private Special Education Centers, licensed by the Connecticut Department of Children and Families, and approved by the Department of Education of Connecticut, California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York (interim placement).
The Learning Clinic, Inc. is accredited by The New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC), with diploma granting privileges. TLC is a member of the National Association of Private Special Education Centers, licensed by the Connecticut Department of Children and Families, and approved by the Department of Education of Connecticut, California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York (interim placement).