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Schools for Children, Inc. is an "education incubator." We create, nurture, and manage outstanding schools and educational programs serving many kinds of students. SFC also provides a variety of consulting and training to educators and systems. To learn more about Schools for Children, please visit our website.
Dearborn Academy Dearborn is one of New England's premiere psycho-therapeutic day schools serving children and adolescents with severe emotional, behavioral, and learning difficulties. It is one of the few programs in eastern Massachusetts that also meets the needs of children and adolescents who face both language-based learning issues and emotional challenges. Lesley Ellis School Lesley Ellis School is a nationally recognized independent elementary school (Preschool-Grade 5) offering a progressive, antibias education with ambitious goals for learning. SFC's largest program, Lesley Ellis serves 150 families. Seaport Campus Seaport is a small alternative high school with a unique hands-on learning program that includes opportunities for self-development through experiences at sea. Seaport specializes in supporting teens with non-verbal and social learning difficulties. S.T.E.P. S.T.E.P. (Short-Term Educational Placement) provides stabilization and assessment services designed for elementary, middle- and high-school students who have been temporarily excluded from their schools. This Month
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Monday, February 26
Seaport Campus Receives $2500 Award
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BW
on Mon 26 Feb 2007 10:52 AM EST
Seaport Campus was awarded a $2500 grant from the Best Buy Teach Awards, a program that rewards schools using interactive technology to make learning fun. Each year, thousands of schools from across the country apply to receive this grant. According to Best Buy, over the past four years more than 4,800 K-12 schools have received over $14 million in Best Buy Teach Awards. This year, 1300 schools nationwide received $2500 awards. Seaport Campus was one of 36 schools in Massachusetts to receive the award. Congratulations! Monday, October 30
iPod Helps Special-Needs Students Make the Grade
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BW
on Mon 30 Oct 2006 11:32 AM EST
Friday, April 7
Speech Recognition software is liberating for some with language processing issues
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Ted Wilson
on Fri 07 Apr 2006 03:49 PM EDT
Dyslexic computer users now enjoy a great choice of liberating software. Programs designed for general use can be a great help. These include word processors, electronic dictionaries and scanning software (OCR or Optical Character Recognition, which turns print into electronic text). But many specialist packages are particularly aimed at making text more accessible to those with reading and writing problems. This article gives a general outline of the types of software and hardware that are available and gives pointers to where you can find more information. Read the whole article at http://www.dyslexic.com/database/articles/techoverview.html |
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