INTENSIVE LEARNING CENTRE

Intensive Learning Centre

A Partnership Program of:
Family & Community Services
Public Safety,
School District 6 &8,
John Howard Society

Academic

The aim of the Youth Intensive Learning Centre is to enhance the overall academic standing of youth who are no longer enrolled in mainstream school as well as identify and address individual social barriers to education.

Goals:

To contribute to the reduction of illiteracy in New Brunswick;
To raise the literacy level of New Brunswick young adults;
To deliver pre-GED preparation training for youth working towards adult GED education training;
To deliver high school upgrading to those preparing to re-enter mainstream school system;
To offer career training information;
To offer intensive social learning programs to address individual barriers to education.
To raise self concept & self-esteem in participants.

All of the partners in this program work with youth who are required by law to attend school until the age of 18, yet many have exhausted all options within the mainstream school system. Poor attendance, conflicts with the law, inappropriate behavior, and teen pregnancy are common factors for removal from the school system.