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Contact: School 18, 462-7238
The Transitional
Learning Program, located at School 18, is the only elementary-level
alternative program in the district. Aimed at students in grades 4-6, it
is purely transitional. Students who exhibit serious behavior problems
in their home schools are enrolled in the Transitional Learning Center
for 30 to 90 days.
The goal of TLC
is to stabilize students, get to the bottom of their problems, and
decide how the district can best serve them in the future. After that,
many TLC students return to the regular classroom setting, although
sometimes they are placed in another school in the district other than
their home school. This is done to get the TLC students away from a peer
group that is having a bad influence on them. If the students enrolled
in TLC are found to have a disability, they are put in a special
education class; and if their emotional problems are truly serious, they
may be referred to a private or public treatment center.
The staff at the
Transitional Learning Center use a variety of reward strategies to build
good work habits. That technique plus a lot of consistency in terms of
rules, a lot of contact with parents, and a lot of good old fashioned
TLC--the "tender loving care" kind, has made this program a real
success!
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