DISCOVERY CENTER
Purpose:
The Discovery Center helps students overcome academic difficulties which may
be due to learning differences, with the ultimate goal being to help them
reach their highest potential in fulfilling God's purpose for them.
The Center provides an individual program of educational therapy designed
for students who are not realizing their academic potential because of difficulties
in perceptual or thinking processes.
"The Lord will fulfill His purpose for me: your love, O Lord, endures
forever--do not abandon the work of your hands." Psalm 138:8
Johnstown Christian School believes that each child has a unique role in God's
plan, and is a special individual created and loved by God.
Exceptional children are a part of God's creation and have dignity, worth,
and purpose whether they AE mentally handicapped, average, or gifted. Every
child who, by faith in Him, becomes a member of the Body of Christ, needs
training in every area of his potential so he may be equipped to fulfill the
unique purpose God has for him.
Program:
The Discovery Center is a program for learning disabled students. Children
with average to superior intelligence who have specific deficits in perception
and/or cognition are said to be learning disabled. They typically do not learn
effectively by traditional instructional methods.
Students may be incorrectly considered slow learners, immature, or lazy. Some
of the symptoms commonly observed are:
* Hyperactivity or Hypoactivity
* Difficulty in handling symbols
* Difficulty in abstract thinking
* Inability to retain or recall
* Cramped or illegible writing
* Short attention span
* Poor listening skills
* Recurring spelling errors
* Poor line muscle control
* Difficulty in reading
* Difficulty with oral/written expression
* Reversals of letters, numbers, or words
* Confusion with left/right or other directions
Over ten years ago Johnstown Christian School was introduced to this special
program developed at Norfolk Christian School. Teachers were trained as educational
therapists and the Center at JCS opened in 1986. In 1992, the JCS Discovery
Center was accredited by the National Institute
for Learning Disabilities in Norfolk and to date our educational therapists
have assisted more than 50 students whose difficulties were due to learning
disabilities. Reaccreditation was achieved in 1999. Today, Mrs. Kathy Keafer,
director of the JCS Discovery Center, also serves as a Consultant on the Professional
Support Team and the Instructional Team of NILD.
Characteristics of the Discovery Center Program:
* Deficit stimulation
* Individual and intense
* Non-tutorial
* Parental involvement
* Integrative
Questions regarding this program should be directed to:
Discovery Center
Johnstown Christian School
125 Christian School Road
Hollsopple, PA 15935
e-mail jcs@bluejay.org
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