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ECLC Special Needs Students Get Police Station Tour
Students from ECLC of New Jersey's Chatham location got the VIP treatment by the Summit Police.
CHATHAM, NJ - Students from ECLC (Education, Careers & Lifelong Community) of New Jersey's Chatham location got the VIP treatment from Officer Keith Kwiatek earlier this month.
ECLC has students from from across the state who are diagnosed with a range of learning differences, including autism spectrum disorder, Down syndrome, intellectual or medical differences.
Kwiatek provided a tour of the police department to students of ECLC of Chatham Boro. The students had a chance to take the train to Summit, get a full behind the scenes tour of SPD and then walked to town to get lunch.
The kids even came back for a follow up visit and presented Kwiatek with a personalized coffee mug.
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We’re already looking forward to our next chance to hang with this great group," police said in a statement. "Thank you to the staff of ECLC for contacting us and arranging this meaningful day."
ECLC students are grouped according to abilities not by their grade levels. They may stay in the same class for several years or move, as appropriate. The maximum age range within a classroom is four years. The student-teacher ratio is maintained at 4:1 with a maximum number of 12 students per class.
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The team of specialists includes:
- Learning Disabilities Teaching Consultant (LDTC)
- Nurses
- Occupational therapists
- Physical therapists
- Psychologists
- Social Workers
- Speech therapists
These related-services providers work with classroom teachers and physical education, art and music teachers to optimize the learning environment. The learning environment also includes community-based instruction. This experiential education becomes an extension for testing independence and learning daily living skills. On a regular basis, all students explore the library, post office, bank, drug store, restaurants and other locations in the surrounding community.
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