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Posted: Aug 27, 2010, 07:15
FRANKLIN LEARNING INSTITUTE
New Perspectives
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East Haddam, Connecticut
Cynthia L. Pope
Director of Admissions
860-873-2700
cpope@fa-ct.org
http://fa-ct.org/franklinlearninginstitute.html
The Franklin Learning Institute serves bright, talented students with nonverbal learning differences and asperger's syndrome. Students must be at least 18 years old and have a high school diploma, a GED, or enough credit to graduate from high school. It is a one-to-three year program modeled after Franklin Academy's college preparatory program.
The program was developed in the spring of 2009 with Chris Carlin, serving as the Director, and Chris Wenz, Program Administrator. The students are able to earn college credit while improving social and independent living skills. The program is centered towards living and learning. Through experiential learning, the staff helps the students work with their peers to become comfortable with the responsibilities of independent living.
Students are prepared for a productive and rewarding adult life by creating a safe and tolerant environment in which students can thrive as individuals. By working in situations, which require them to use problem-solving skills, work cooperatively with their peers, and provide for their own needs, students gain skills and confidence that will help them to succeed as independent adults.
Working with the communities that surround the FLI campus in East Haddam and the campus of Middlesex Community College, students have opportunities to gain social awareness, develop job-skills, and form working relationships with community members while improving the lives of others. Students are housed in apartments or houses on or nearby the Franklin Academy campus, allowing them easy access to Franklin's dining hall, gym, health center, and library facilities as well as the larger Franklin community. Transportation to and from Middlesex Community College is provided. The all-inclusive fee (tuition at both Franklin and Middlesex, books, fees, room and board) is $59,800.
[This information came from the Franklin Academy website]
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