Helping Students Through a Special Education Program

LEARNING CENTER PROGRAM

The Learning Center (LC) is a special education program catering to students from grade 3 to grade 12. The goal of the program is to provide services needed for each student to reach his/her potential.

How does Union School’s Learning Center provide support?

  • We work with each student to develop his/her social, emotional, and academic skills.
  • Learn by doing: teachers integrate multiple intelligences to accommodate different learning styles.
  • We teach each student at his/her level.
  • We foster higher-level thinking.
  • We allocate time to individualize the instruction for each student to reinforce particular skills in reading, writing, or math according to the student’s needs through study skills and resource periods.
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How is a student placed in the Learning Center?

Based on a psycho-educational evaluation, the student is placed in the least restrictive environment possible.

Full-time/Part-time:

  • With Modification:
    The student is engaged in learning the same content areas and objectives a mainstream in a parallel setting in the Learning Center where instructions are individualized or in small groups.
  • With Adaptation:
    Students receive academic instruction modified to their level of performance to meet their needs based on the Psycho-Educational Evaluation.

Part-Time General Program with Accommodations:
Students attend the mainstream program receiving support and accommodation specified in their Individualized Education Plan (IEP).