Parents:
Once your child has been diagnosed with one of the educational disabilites listed to the left, contact your local school department to assure your child receives services based upon "best educational practices" consistent with current evidence-based research.
For NCLC admission information,
please contact Freddi Gale, Program Director, at (603) 356-0282 ext. 11
North Country Learning Center is an area resource which provides educational best practices using cognitive behavioral strategies to assist students (elementary through high school) to learn and be motivated to use functional strategies to be able to return to their local school.
The number of diagnosed cases of autism and similar disorders has dramatically increased over the past decade. The most recent studies (CDC, 2010) report that the incidence rate for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is one in every 110 children in the United States. ASDs are the second most common developmental disability. Autism is four times more likely to occur in boys than in girls. There are approximately 730,000 children between 0 and 20 living with autism. It occurs in all races, ethnicities, and social groups and is more common than pediatric cancer, diabetes, and AIDS combined. There is currently no cure.
Most researchers agree that the sooner a child with autism begins an intervention program, the better. The best approach to treatment at this time should include work with special educators, senior level psychologists, and speech and occupational therapists trained in autism. Although medications are sometimes used to treat some of the ASD symptoms, there are currently no medications available to directly treat it.
Research indicates the very best place for children with autism is with their local school, educated with their friends in a regular classroom. However, sometimes it is necessary to have the student participate in a smaller program where they can learn the necessary functional skills to self regulate, solve problems, and communicate effectively so they can return to their local schools.
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