Great turnout for College Fair

Brehm School held a College Fair during Parent and Family Weekend from 5-7pm on Friday, November 5, and from 9am-noon on Saturday, November 6, in the gymnasium of the Student Activities Center.

The following colleges participated in the event:

• Lee University, who provides extra assistance for students with learning disabilities, including extra time on tests, tutors and other forms of assistance.
• Beacon College, who offers A.A. and B.A. degrees exclusively for students with documented learning disabilities. Recognizing that individuals learn at different rates and in different ways, Beacon College provides quality educational and social experiences that value diversity, ensure student engagement, cultivate critical thinking skills and intellectual curiosity, and develop employment potential.
• Augsburg College's CLASS (Center for Learning and Adaptive Student Services), which illustrates its commitment to student success at Augsburg College by providing those academic services needed to accommodate individuals with learning, attentional, psychiatric, or other cognitive disabilities. The foundation of CLASS, however, is deeply rooted in the promotion of student independence and the personal realization of one's full potential.
• Mitchell College's Learning Resource Center, which is a full-service, comprehensive academic support program for students with learning disabilities/ADHD. It offers three levels of support services: Comprehensive Support (Level I); Enhanced Support (Level II); and Entitled Support (Level III). Level I and Level II supports are a fee for service basis and are available to students with documented learning disabilities/ADHD.
• OPTIONS Program at Brehm, which is a comprehensive transitional boarding program for post-secondary students with complex learning disabilities, attention disorders and/or executive functioning deficits. OPTIONS is a holistic program offering instruction and assistance for students who need to further develop the independent living, social, employment and academic skills necessary to live more independently.
• St. Louis Life, which offers a variety of structured activities that include employment, social activities, continuing education, daily exercise, recreation and health-conscious meal planning. Our goal is to help the residents lead fulfilling, independent lives of work, friendship and accomplishment.
• PACE at National-Louis University is a two-year, post-secondary certificate program for students with multiple learning disabilities and non-verbal learning disabilities. PACE works with the whole student in the areas of vocational training, academics, life skills and social. National-Louis also offers a dual enrollment program for the "collegeable" student.
• Vincennes University's STEP program is an intensive academic support program providing comprehensive services for learning disabled students in the university mainstream. STEP is designed to help students be more successful in their college courses. Student strengths, rather than deficits, are the emphasis. Compensatory techniques, rather than remediation, are the thrust.

For more information about the College Fair, contact Dalus Kulich, Coordinator of Communications, at dkulich@brehm.org.