The Learning Clinic - P.O. Box 324, Brooklyn, CT 06234-0324 - Tel 860 774 5619

THE LEARNING CLINIC
STUDENT CANDIDATE PROFILE

• Age range 6 - 22
• Mode Age 15

• Average to high IQ (90 - 140 IQ)
• Mild to severe behavior problems
• Clinical issues include one or more of the following:
  1. Mood disorder
  2. Anxiety disorder
  3. Oppositional defiant disorder
  4. Impaired attention and concentration
  5. Learning disabilities
  6. Obsessive-compulsive disorder
  7. Tourette’s Syndrome
  8. Asperger Syndrome or PDD, NOS
  9. Lacks age-appropriate social skills
  10. School avoidance
• Strengths include:
  1. Ability to do cause and effect reasoning
  2. Ability to respond to a contingency management system
  3. Can be redirected when problems occur
  4. Willing to learn and use stop-gap interventions
     to interrupt behaviors, e.g. use of time offs
  5. Motivated to get an education
  6. Willing to participate in therapeutic process
  7. Family support and visiting resource
• Does NOT have the following behaviors or clinical disorders:
  1. Mental retardation
  2. Psychotic disorder
  3. Active drug or alcohol problem
  4. Aggressive/assaultive behaviors requiring restraint
  5. Conduct disorder (DSM-IV criteria which include: lack of regard for the rights of others, no remorse, cruelty to animals, fire starter, bullies and threatens others, etc.)
  6. Requires routine physical restraint to control own behaviors
  7. Current pattern of self-harm behaviors
  8. Borderline Personality Disorder
  9. Pattern of runaway behaviors
  10. Sexual perpetrator
  11. Conduct Disorder (as defined by DSM IV)
  12. Intermittent Explosive Disorder
• Educational Agency and/or Children Service Agency endorsement and support of the child’s placement.
• Family willingness to participate in therapy and parent training.
• Eligibility for Special Education services under the IDEA criteria.

PROGRAM FEATURES

• International - INS Approved

• Approved by the CT State Department of Education
• Approved by the MA State Department of Education
• Approved by the NY State Department of Education
• Approved by the NJ State Department of Education
• Approved by the CA State Department of Education
• 12 months
• Multicultural Student Body
• Small Classes
• Certified special education teachers
• Team teaching with English, Math, Science, and History specialists
• Tutorial instruction
• Class size of five to seven students
• Computer-assisted instruction
• Positive incentive program
• Performance monitoring by teacher and student each period
• Individualized academic objectives in all subjects
• Self-paced learning
• Co-ed residential living
• Highly-structured, licensed residential living
• Awake overnight staff in each residence
• Residential program in homes staffed by teaching parents
• Residences provide overall staff to student ratio of 1:4

ACTIVITY PROGRAMS

• Canoeing
• Mountain Climbing and Hiking
• Camping
• Salt Water Fishing
• Horse Program (NARHA)

  Equestrian Skills (English and Western)
  Tack
  Horse Grooming

RELATED PROGRAMS

• 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

• Extensive Summer Program

SUPPORT STAFF

• Psychiatric Service
• Nursing Staff
• Neuropsychological Service
• Licensed Therapists
• Pragmatic Language Specialist

DEMOGRAPHICS

• Total Number Students 70
  Day Students (20)
  Boarding Students (38)
  Assisted Living Students (12)

• Ages by School
  Lower School - students from 6 to 16 years
  Upper School - students from 16 to 22 years
  Mode -15 year old

• Learning Characteristics
  Average to High IQ
  Specific Learning Disabilities
  ADHD w/ Depression, w/ Anxiety, w/ Oppositional Behavior Dyslexia
  Dysgraphia
  Pragmatic Language Deficits

• Gender
  Day and residential programs are co-ed
  40% of the students are girls, 60% are boys