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DLC offers four day-treatment
academy programs: Primary, Middle, High School and Life
Skills. Students are placed according to developmental
level, functional academic level or learning profile,
chronological age, and physical size. The average group size
is from 12 to 15 students. A team of 2 or 3 members staffs
each group/class. The team is comprised of a certified
teacher, one or two assistants, and a trained counselor.
All staff are required to participate in DLC’s
competency-based credentialing program. All programs are
approved/licensed by the Tennessee Departments of Education,
Children’s Services, and Mental Health and Developmental
Disabilities.
Treatment services unique to DLC:
• DCS Transitional program funded through a contract with
the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services
• A comprehensive Life Skills Program designed to serve
severely developmentally delayed individuals, challenged
with more than one disability
• Nursing services
• Ancillary services: occupational, physical, speech, and
language therapies
• Structured individual, group, and family counseling
• Psychiatric services
• Psychological services
Program features unique to DLC:
• A team-based approach that integrates its education and
mental health services
• A self-contained therapeutic group-based program structure
• A developmental learning and treatment approach
• A behavior learning program based on a
cognitive-developmental approach rather than a behavior
modification approach
• A cognitive-developmental approach to teaching versus
“remedial” approaches
• A social services/counseling program, that evaluates and
provides treatment for the family/community systems of each
student
Other distinctions which set DLC apart:
• It is the oldest day treatment program in Nashville and
Middle Tennessee.
• It is typically referred the most difficult cases because
of its proven ability.
• It has the most comprehensive program because of the
diversity of its population.
• It is developing a competency-based credentialing program
that will ensure every staff is trained and competent to
implement each client’s program using a developmental
approach.
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Nashville, TN 37218