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ALLEN INSTITUTE
Center for Innovative Learning
Hebron, CT
Peter
Love, PhD - Program Director
866-666-6919
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The Allen Institute-Center for Innovative
Learning “provides a caring and nurturing environment where
students with
learning disabilities are encouraged and expected to
reach their potential.” On the website it says the staff
communicates
daily on individual student challenges, progress and
successes while reinforcing the value of becoming a self-determining
adult by developing individual plans that integrate different
areas of the students' lives. The Allen Center believes
that the post-secondary education and college experience
is essential for most students to make a successful transition
from home to the workplace or continued higher education
in a community based setting.
According to the website, the counseling program assists
students with self-growth and self-respect through the
development, strengthening and maintenance of positive
coping skills and
positive interpersonal relationships.
According to the information on the website, the program
offers a variety of educational opportunities for students
that include both an Associates and Bachelors degree programs,
Pre-College Experience and L.I.F.E. Program. Students in
the degree program participate in online coursework through
an educational partnership with Charter Oak State College
in New Britain, CT. The Pre-College Experience, the website
says, “is designed to assess a student’s readiness to master
college level coursework while helping them to develop a
range of college preparatory skills.” The L.I.F.E. Program
gives “students a person-centered approach based on the Project-based
Learning educational model, and the skills they will need
to work and live independently.”
The Allen Institute “is committed to working with each student
to strengthen their existing abilities and develop practical
tools to negotiate the challenges of multiple environments.”
Based on this goal, the information indicates the program
is focused on a combination of study and learning that establishes
clear goals for academic study, total wellness, independent
living skills, social competence and a student’s strategy
for managing his/her environment. The academic component
follows the core principles of adult learning.
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