Three Schools for the Learning Disabled

Three Schools for the Learning Disabled
In the final part of our learning disabilities series, we look at programs designed to prepare students for regular classes. Transcript of radio broadcast:
19 March 2008


This is the VOA Special English Education Report.

Today we complete our series on learning disabilities.

In the United States, federal law requires public schools to provide special education services to children with any disability. Specialists commonly provide these services while the children attend the same schools, and often the same classes, as other students.

But today we look at three private schools that serve only students with learning disabilities.

The Hillside School in Pennsylvania accepts up to one hundred twenty-eight children. The students are ages five to thirteen. They have disorders with language, writing or working with numbers. They may also have attention deficit disorders.

Each class has no more than eight students. Hillside administrators say the main goal is to prepare students to learn effectively in a regular school. Teachers and specialists develop individual learning plans for the students, which is something a public school may also do.

Development director Kathy Greene says most students remain at Hillside for about three years before leaving for a regular classroom setting.


Serving intelligent students with learning differences" is the slogan of the Shelton School in Texas. Its Web site says the school has about eight hundred fifty students in all twelve grades, and one teacher for every six students.
The Shelton School also says its goal is to prepare students to return to regular classes, although some do finish high school there. The Web site says Shelton graduated forty-four students in two thousand six. And it says they received acceptances from a total of seventy-seven colleges and universities.

Landmark College in Vermont is a college for students with learning difficulties. It offers a two-year program that prepares students to continue their studies at a four-year school.

Each student has an adviser and an individual learning program. Landmark has international students this year from South America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa.

All three schools offer financial aid. Hillside costs about seventeen thousand dollars a year. Shelton costs between ten and twenty-one thousand, depending on the grade level. Shelton and Hillside students live at home. Landmark College costs about fifty thousand dollars a year, which includes housing.

And that's the VOA Special English Education Report, written by Nancy Steinbach. Our nine-week series on learning disabilities is online with transcripts and MP3s at voaspecialenglish.com. I'm Steve Ember.

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三所学校为学习障碍
在最后一部分，我们的学习障碍系列，我们期待在节目设计，为学生参加普通班。全文电台广播：
2008年3月19日

这是美国之音特别英语教育报告。

今天，我们完成我们的一系列关于学习障碍。

在美国，联邦法律规定，公办学校，提供特殊教育服务，以儿童与任何残疾。专家普遍提供这些服务，而子女出席同一学校，而且往往同一班，与其他学生一样。

但时至今日，我们看三部私家学校只能学习障碍学生。

在山坡上的学校，在宾夕法尼亚州的可接受多达128儿童。学生年龄5至13名。他们有障碍与语言，文字或工作号码。它们也可能有注意缺陷障碍等。

每班不超过8名学生。山坡管理员说，其主要目标是帮助学生有效学习，在正规学校。教师和专家制定个人学习计划，为学生的行动，这是一所公立学校也可以这样做。

开发总监凯茜格林说，大多数的学生留在山坡上，为约3年前离开了课堂，定期定。


在职智能学生学习差异" ，是口号的谢尔顿学校在得克萨斯州。其网站上说，学校大约有850学生，在所有12个职系，以及1名教师，每6名学生。
该谢尔顿学校也表示，其目的就是为了准备留学人员回国到普通班，虽然有些做完成高中学业。该网站称，谢尔顿毕业， 44的学生在2000六名。它说，他们收到承兑总数从77高等学校。

具有里程碑意义高校在佛蒙特是一个学院学习有困难的学生。它提供了一个为期两年的计划，准备在学生得以继续学业，在4年的学校。

每个学生都有一个顾问和个人学习计划。具有里程碑意义的国际学生，今年来自南美，欧洲，亚洲，中东和非洲。

所有这三个学校提供财政援助。山坡上的费用，约为17000美元。谢尔顿成本之间的10和21000 ，这取决于该职。谢尔顿和山坡上的学生住在家里。具有里程碑意义高校的成本约为5.0万美元一年，其中包括住房。

这也是该美国之音特别英语教育报告书，写的南希steinbach 。我们九个星期的系列学习障碍是上网誊本和MP3音乐在voaspecialenglish.com 。我史蒂夫Ember公司。