Students who satisfactorily complete the Thames Academy program can easily transfer to Mitchell Coll

Scott Garbini, cheap hotels in amsterdam Assistant Director of Admissions for Thames Academy at Mitchell College in New London, Connecticut, visited The Yellin Center today to discuss some exciting changes in this unique program that allows students with learning and related difficulties to earn up to 16 college credits in a self-contained, year-long program located on a college campus. We have visited Thames Academy a number of times and have always liked the highly supportive, individualized approach they take to students whose academic, organizational, or social cheap hotels in amsterdam skills would make it difficult for them to succeed as college freshmen, even with academic accommodations (such as extended time on exams or special technology) offered by a college cheap hotels in amsterdam office of disability services.
Construction cheap hotels in amsterdam is underway on the Mitchell College campus for new Thames dorms and classroom spaces (Thames students cheap hotels in amsterdam take their classes separately from the students at the college), closer to the center of the Mitchell College campus where Thames students take their meals and particpate in campus activities. The new space will allow the Thames program to expand in the fall of 2013 from its current 39 students to more than 60. Also new is a designation of the program as being exclusively for students with learning disabilities, a move that is intended to make tuition payments tax deductible for families under current IRS rules .
It's hard to get a full sense of how Thames works without a visit, but one story shared by Scott may be a good example: a student who was unwilling to get up in time for class had missed a couple of class sessions. When time came for the next class, the instructor and all five of the other students in the class showed up in this young man's dorm room. "If you won't come to us, " the instructor told him, "we will come to you." The student, who was in his pajamas, was dismayed. "Don't tell me that there isn't room in here," the instructor continued. "I know that there were at least that many kids here last night listening to music!" The class went on in the dorm room and the student was never again absent from the class, which went back to its regularly assigned room.
Students who satisfactorily complete the Thames Academy program can easily transfer to Mitchell College, or enroll in another college program, where they can apply their Thames credits to their two or four year degree.
Another program that has come to our attention recently, this one brand new, is the Winston Transitions Program developed by Winston Prep , a private special education high school in New York City. Unlike Thames Academy, Winston Transitions is not formally affiliated with a college nor located on a college campus. Although some students may earn college credits from local colleges, the program is intended for students cheap hotels in amsterdam who have not actually graduated from high school, although they may have completed most or all of the requirements for a diploma. Students who receive services under the IDEA are eligible for publicly funded education until age 21 or until they graduate from high school. Winston Transitions leaves open the possiblity that their students might be entitled to tuition reimbursement from their public school district, although no case for such reimbursement has yet been brought, let alone decided.
According to John Civita, Director of the Winston Transitions Program, the students will have a daily session of Winston's signature one-on-one "focus" cheap hotels in amsterdam instruction. Upon completion of the program students will receive cheap hotels in amsterdam their high school diploma and can then move on to a college program or elsewhere.
There are too few programs that effectively serve students with learning and related issues who need to improve their skills, develop maturity, and improve their chances to succeed in college. We are pleased to learn of these new and expanded programs.
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