The Greene County Learning Center360 East Enon Road
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Greene County Learning Center
The Greene County Learning Center (GCLC) is a public “separate facility” school (housing grades K-12) located in Yellow Springs. We serve students from all school districts in Greene County. The mission of GCLC is to provide a program for students who are identified by their school district as having significant behavioral and/or emotional issues that prohibit them from being successful in their home school environment. All the staff at GCLC work together to meet the academic and emotional needs of the children and youth that they serve. The major objectives of the program are to help the individual gain some self-awareness, learn new coping skills, increase their ability to make appropriate choices, and improve social-interpersonal interaction with peers and adults. An additional objective is to help the student achieve academically to the best of their ability. Our ultimate goal is to help each of our students to successfully return to their home school environment and/or to function more fully in the world around them.
The staff of the Greene County Learning Center consists of Intervention Specialists and Mental Health Therapists. Students, who have Individual Education Plans and have demonstrated the need for intensive behavioral and mental health interventions, may be referred by their home school district for services. Our classrooms are made up of no more than 10 students with an Intervention Specialist and Classroom Assistant. Each student receives academic instruction that is appropriate for both his or her grade level and personal academic ability. In addition, all students receive individual and group mental health therapy, which is provided by our licensed mental health therapists. Students work on their behaviors through an intensively monitored program of positive behavior supports. Daily feedback is sent home to parents so that they can work with us to support their child in the improvement process.
If you would like additional information about our program, please contact your district’s special education supervisor or contact our Director – Lisa Cooney at lcooney@greeneesc.org or 937-767-6140 x 141.