Resource Center Program

The resource center program provides small group instruction for students who are enrolled in typical classes. Although all children learn by individual styles and at widely varying rates, resource center students have been identified and classified by the child study team as having specific learning disabilities which interfere with learning. The resource center program is designed to meet the academic, social, and emotional needs of students in the areas which cannot be met in the regular class setting.

The resource center program provides classified students with learning skills, strategies, and/or attitudes that will enable them to develop and improve their educational competencies. Students with deficits which preclude their ability to benefit from instruction in mainstream subjects can be provided with assistance in these ways. Many students are supported by special education teachers in mainstream classes through team teaching. Special education teachers may provide instruction in lieu of the mainstream program. Other students are given instructional strategies in the resource center which facilitate achievement in mainstream classes.

Instructional responsibility for a resource center student is shared between the resource center and the general education teachers. If a resource center student is having difficulty achieving success in a general education class, the resource center and the regular class teacher collaborate to implement the appropriate curricular or instructional accommodations and/or modifications.