Educational Services
The Brayton Learning Center, located on our main campus, offers an educational setting intended to help youth make academic and behavioral progress. Youth receive a customized education that allows them to meet educational requirements and reach their learning potential.
The curriculum is designed to provide innovative instruction associated with the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks. It is also designed to accommodate the implementation of students’ Individualized Education Program (IEP).
Additionally, the curriculum is aligned with youths’ clinical goals and is structured to help build social and life skills. Instruction is held in small classrooms with a 1:3 staff to student ratio. The following core subjects are taught:
| • English Language Arts |
| • Mathematics |
| • History/Social Studies |
| • Science/Technology |
Enrichment Courses
Youth receive instruction in a foreign language, career education, physical education/health issues, music, fine arts, practical arts, outdoor experiential lessons and study/organization skills, further enriching their educational experience.
Pre-Vocational Curriculum
Rounding-out the academic program is our pre-vocational curriculum. These courses will assist youth in developing work skills and appropriate work ethics. Youth have the opportunity to practice skills learned while performing hands-on activities, preparing them for future employment and real life experiences. The following courses are offered throughout the year and run in 10-week intervals:
| • Building repair and maintenance |
| • Visual arts |
| • Movie production |
| • Technology |
| • Performing arts |
| • Culinary arts |
Library and Media Center
Stevens school library and media center is located on our main campus labs. The library has numerous selections for youths reading enjoyment. Students are able to select reading books and/or audio books for their reading and listening enjoyment.
The library and media center includes a computer lab with state of the art equipment. Students use the center several times each week for research, to work on assigned projects, and to learn a variety of computer programs.
Summer School Program
Academic subjects taught during the summer months can either continue exploring the general curriculum content that was taught during the regular school year or consist of courses designed to enrich youths’ knowledge of a timely topic within a discipline. Examples of the latter would be teaching an Earth and Space Science unit to coincide with a comet’s arrival or a NASA project and teaching a Civics unit during a presidential election year.
Nonacademic courses during the summer session include skills in individual sports (ex: tennis, softball, basketball, volleyball). Eligible youth participate in off-campus experiences such as field trips to museums, zoo’s, canoeing and hiking.
Additional Services
Youth identified with speech disorders and/or specific language-based learning disabilities are scheduled for individual instruction from a speech/language pathologist after regular school hours. The speech/language pathologist consults with teachers on progress and strategies to afford the youth increased access to the general curriculum.
It is our goal that students leave Stevens with the functional skills to be life-long learners and be able to transition successfully into a community, educational or vocational setting. The educational programs enable youth to progress at a rate that allows the greatest opportunity for academic success. Youth earn educational credits, which are transferable to their home schools. Youth are able to graduate and earn their high school diplomas.
Special Events
Throughout the school year and summer program, youth participate in a number of fun events, which include: a graduation ceremony, Olympic Day, a Holiday play, a music concert, and many other school activities.
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