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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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A Young Mind in a Growing Brain
In his widely quoted 1997 article “Education and Neuroscience: A Bridge Too Far?” John Bruer argued that, despite substantial progress in brain research, trying to use its discoveries to shape education policy is both uninformative and misleading. Two new books by prominent scientists, The Learning Brain and A Young Mind in a Growing Brain, take on the formidable challenge of beginning to build this bridge by linking advances in our understanding of the biology of brain maturation to phenomena in other domains, namely education and psychological development. Read more at http://www.dana.org/news/cerebrum/detail.aspx?id=632
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