OPTIONS Program at Brehm: Part 1 of 5

Monday, March 9, 2009

OPTIONS Program at Brehm: Part 1 of 5

The OPTIONS Program at Brehm is a comprehensive transitional program for students with complex learning disabilities who have graduated from high school, earned their GEDs, or who have chosen to defer graduation in order to participate in this empowering Program.

Academic Core Classes

The core curriculums offered through the OPTIONS Program are designed to introduce students to a wide range of skills needed for either the college transition track or the Certificate of Completion track.

The first semester in the OPTIONS Program is dedicated to transitioning the student, monitoring progress and assessing academic competencies.

Small classes (with one-on-one attention) focus on:

Study skills and strategies
Understanding the learning process
Identifying student deficits; developing and implementing strategies
College level reading and comprehension
Formal writing, editing and revising
Vocabulary building
Math calculations & applications
Basic computer software programs
Exploring strategies to most effectively complete class assignments

The OPTIONS Program focuses on the academic, employment and social skills required for success by emphasizing independent living, self-advocacy skills, and learning how to learn. As students (most 18 to 25 years of age) transition through three phases of the OPTIONS Program, they develop academically, socially and emotionally — acquiring the crucial tools necessary for independent life. OPTIONS is located in Carbondale, Illinois.

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What is Brehm?

Brehm is an accredited junior-senior high school. A family style boarding school for students, grades 6 through 12, with complex learning disabilities.

OPTIONS Program at Brehm serves post high school students with learning disabilities who need to further develop academic and social skills required for success in college, vocational/technical school, and the workplace.

Brehm Preparatory School Inc., a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit, offers a unique holistic program that individually addresses each student’s academic, emotional, and social needs.

Brehm uses the term “complex” learning disabilities in recognition that students experience difficulties in multiple areas of functioning. Brehm’s holistic program focuses on the combined academic, social and emotional effects of having a learning disability.

Our students often have multiple diagnoses affecting their performance with the core issue of having a language-based etiology. We recognize the combined effects of LD/ADD, language based processing issues, executive function issues and the social and psychological implications of not being successful in an academic environment. Brehm offers direct interventions for students with dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia, NLD, aspergers, anxiety disorder, tourettes, auditory processing disorder, speed of processing disorders and interventions requiring behavioral and emotional support as it relates to academic issues.

Monday, March 9, 2009