The Learning Center for the Deaf
| The Learning Center for the Deaf | |
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| Location | |
| Framingham, Massachusetts | |
| Information | |
| Type | Private, publicly funded |
| Motto | "Competence, Character, and Community" |
| Established | 1970 |
| Founder | Warren Schwab |
| President | Judith Vreeland, Executive Director |
| Grades | Infants through High School |
| Color(s) | Blue, White and Black |
| Mascot | Galloping Ghosts |
| Accreditation |
The Learning Center for the Deaf is accredited by:
New England Association of Schools and Colleges
(NEASC),
The Conference of Educational Administrators of
Schools and programs for the Deaf (CEASD)
The Council on Accreditation (COA).
The Learning Center for the Deaf is licensed by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (MA) and the Department of Early Education and Care (MA). |
| Website | www.tlcdeaf.org |
The Learning Center for the Deaf is accredited by:
The Learning Center for the Deaf (TLC) is a school for deaf and hard-of-hearing children located on 14 acres in Framingham, Massachusetts. TLC offers a program for deaf and hard of hearing students from infancy through high school, while also serving students who have different mental and emotional challenges. The curriculum fosters knowledge and respect for both American Sign Language (ASL) and English, a bilingual education, and for deaf and hearing cultures, a bicultural education.
TLC consisted of three separate campuses located in Massachusetts: the main campus in Framingham, Massachusetts, the Walden campus, and the Randolph campus, which is no longer open.
While supporting the children, TLC also provides support to the communities surrounding it by offering such things as ASL classes, instruction to other schools, and interpreting services. The mission of TLC includes "competence, character, and community".
In 1970, Warren Schwab established The Learning Center for the Deaf (TLC) in Massachusetts as an educational system that focuses on providing language and access to communication for deaf and hard of hearing students. As the first school for the deaf in Massachusetts to use an bilingual approach of education focusing on both ASL and English, the TLC deviated from the "oral method" of education. During the 1970s, the school created a student-centered curriculum with "open classroom" formats. An initial enrollment of 22 students quickly grew and the school expanded in 1975, with the addition of a preschool program, in 1978, with the establishment of a special needs program for deaf children who have cognitive or behavior disabilities, and in 1976, with the addition of a parent-infant program, one of the first programs to provide deaf infants exposure to signs in addition to spoken English and to offer parents instruction in the use of signs. A high school began in 1980, and a group residence for high school students began the following year. In 1987, TLC opened "Walden House", a comprehensive residential treatment program for deaf youth between the ages of 8 and 22 years who are challenged by severe social and emotional difficulties. A new facility for these students was completed and occupied in December 1995, with a capacity of 30 students and is now called the Walden School. In 1994, TLC opened a satellite campus (preschool–elementary program) in Randolph, Massachusetts. In 2011, after seventeen years, this campus closed and services were consolidated on the main campus.
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