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Causes: Education, Special Education
Mission: The comprehensive learning center's mission is to provide intensive and comprehensive state of the art education and behavioral services to individuals with autism spectrum disorders and their families, based on the scientifically validated procedures of applied behavior analysis. Clc aims to prepare its learners to reach their highest potential, with regard to all areas of functioning, integrating them into the fabric of the communities in which they live, work and play. At its core, clc aims to educate and service the autism community through training and research.
Programs: Comprehensive learning center (hereinafter referred to as clc) was established to provide an educational environment committed to ensuring quality, effective instructional and treatment services for individuals with autism spectrum disorders. To help meet the needs of each student, clc's program provides a highly individualized educational program that is based on the scientifically validated procedures of applied behavior analysis (aba). Clc is devoted to improving the lives of individuals with autism ranging from 3 years of age through adulthood. Services provided to clc students include education in all academic areas, as well as skill development in all aspects of daily life such as increased participation in family and community activities. Prevocational and vocational training is also provided for students between the ages of 14 and 21 to prepare them for gainful employment in settings where they show most interest and natural aptitude. Our community-based adult program currently provides supported employment, habilitation and behavioral services for adults post-graduation. For the school year beginning september, 2016, clc had a regularly enrolled body of thirty-six students, not including those enrolled in the adult program. Clc intends to increase its student body to the extent it is financially and otherwise able to provide services to a larger base of students. Clc currently has a regular faculty comprised of two directors of education, an executive director, an adult program director and twenty-one teachers.