College Fair for Students with Learning Disabilities Set to Take Place at Brehm

Monday, October 26, 2009

College Fair for Students with Learning Disabilities Set to Take Place at Brehm

For the first time, Brehm will be hosting a college fair during the Spring Parent’s Weekend. The college fair is set to take place for members of the community on Friday, October 30th from 5-7 p.m. and for Brehm students and families on Saturday, October 31st from 9 a.m. until noon in the Student Activities Center.

This event will give our students the chance to explore a variety of post-high school programs to fit their needs. This college fair has been specially tailored towards students with learning disabilities and attention deficits. Exhibitors will include: OPTIONS Program at Brehm, junior colleges, universities and transition programs. Parents will have the opportunity to make an appointment to attend the college fair when scheduling other Parent’s Weekend activities.

For specific information, contact Coordinator of Communications, Brittany Morlan at 618.457.0371 or bmorlan@brehm.org.

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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, October 26, 2009