Parent Alert:
Confidential Funding Agreements between Parents and Local Education Agencies – Mitigate IDEA Protection
This article addresses ‘child placements’ with regard to your child’s right to IDEA and the need to obtain services through the PPT/IEP process. To view this new article, go to our Parents Page.
New Press Release
Brain’s Fear Center Shrinks in Autism’s Most Severely Socially-ImpairedWell Siblings Share Some of the Same Behavioral, Neural Features
National Institute of Health (NIH) Press Release
To view this new press release, go to our Publications Page.
New Article
A COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL MODEL
FOR PROGRAM DESIGN AND ADMINISTRATION
Dr. Raymond W. DuCharme, The Learning Clinic, Inc., Brooklyn, CT. USA
To view this new article go to our Publications Page.
New Book Chapter
TRANSITION PLANNING FOR INDIVIDUALS ON THE
AUTISM SPECTRUM / PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE
Dr. Raymond W. DuCharme, The Learning Clinic, Inc., Brooklyn, CT. USA
To view this new chapter go to our Publications Page.
NEW PRESENTATION FROM OUR ELEMENTARY PROGRAM!
‘A Feelings and Faces Presentation’ by The Happy to Be Me Group
An exciting presentation on Feelings and Emotions as illustrated through the eyes of our elementary students. Developed and produced entirely by these elementary students and their clinician, this presentation is a unique opportunity to see how each student expresses his or her thoughts and feelings. To view this and other TLC Power Point Presentations go to our Conferences and Presentations page and click the icon adjacent to the presentation description.
NEASC - In September of 2005, The New England Association of Schools and
Colleges awarded The Learning Clinic a Certificate of Recognition as Candidate for Accreditation
Beginning Sunday November 4th through Wednesday November 8th members from NEASC will be on the TLC Campus observing our program and meeting with TLC staff as part of the final accreditation process.
NEW - MAINE CAMP IS ON LINE! - ‘Between the Rivers’ - The Learning Clinic’s Forest Restoration Project in Shirley Maine is now open
The Learning Clinic now has a wilderness destination and facility and defined core set of initial objectives. TLC has also formed an alliance with the State of Maine Department of Forestry. As a result ‘Between the Rivers’, the TLC Maine Forest Restoration Project has become a reality.
To learn more about this exciting new program, visit our new web page:
MAINE FOREST RESTORATION PROJECT
New Survey Form - The Learning Clinic Pragmatic Skills Survey
This survey was developed to assess the level of pragmatic skill functioning for Asperger and High Functioning Autistic students in order to establish objectives and monitor changes over time.
New Survey Form - Transition & Independent Living Skills Assessment (TILSA)
This survey was developed to assess the level of transition and independent living skill functioning for students and establish objectives and assess performance over time in The Learning Clinic’s Transition Program. Visit our Parent Page for further information, or click on either of the above titles to access a survey directly.
New Presentation! Nurturing Healthy Development of
Young People with Aspergers Syndrome
Child and Family - DMHAS Agency: A Scholar in Residence Workshop
Hilton Garden Inn, Glastonbury, CT; Conference Date: April 04, 2006
by Raymond W. DuCharme, Ph.D. and Kathleen A. McGrady, Psy.D., ABDA
New Chapter: TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF DYSFUNCTIONAL BEHAVIOR IN ADOLESCENTS DIAGNOSED WITHIN THE CATEGORY OF PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY*
Dr. Raymond W. DuCharme & Dr. Kathleen A. McGrady The Learning Clinic, Inc., Brooklyn, CT. USA
*Excerpt from: HANDBOOK OF ADOLESCENT BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS:
EVIDENCED-BASED APPROACHES TO PREVENTION AND TREATMENT
Coming Soon TRANSITION PLANS FOR INDIVIDUALS ON THE AUTISTIC SPECTRUM AND THOSE WITH DEPRESSION AND ADHD
New Chapter by Dr. Raymond W DuCharme to be published this summer!
Parent Workshops are ONLINE! Watch what you missed; Review anytime!
Parent Alert: Children with sensory integration issues as part of other diagnosis need special attention by their physician and other caretakers
Career Opportunities Would you like to join our family?