Students with identified learning differences or physical impairments that affect learning are eligible to enroll in the program. While enrollment is optional, if a student chooses to enroll they are required to:

1. Provide a diagnostic documentation that identifies the learning difference or physical impairment.
2. Participate, along with parent/guardian, in the initial intake meeting to formalize an Accommodation plan.
3. Approve the dissemination of the Accommodation Plan to teachers and counselors.
4. Approve the notification to teachers of preferential seating requirements (if applicable).
5. Complete an orientation meeting with an LRC Staff
6. Complete a self-advocacy assignment within 1 month of enrollment to ensure that you and your teachers understand your learning needs.

• Accommodation plan disseminated to teachers each semester
• Loaner Library: calculators, texts and novels, audiobooks
• Peer Notes for Collegio, Math, Science and World Language Levels I and II, other classes by request
• Study Location Monday-Friday: 7:30am – 3:30pm

• Testing Accommodations
• Standardized Testing Accommodations
• Access to Computer/Word processing for exams
• Preferential Seating

Skills Development
Specialized skills units created to address specific areas.

• Useful Apps: Students review apps used for a wide variety of study skills such as time management and keeping track of assignments and functional modalities such as text-to-speech and speech-to-text.
• Test-Success: Focuses on memory-building, time management, stress reduction and organizational strategies. Students will come to understand that it takes a successful system to achieve their academic goals.
• Note Taking: Gives students strategies to effectively take notes for their learning style, practice matching note-taking style to how information is relayed (a class lecture vs. a textbook vs. a novel), and connect student’s learning style to the way in which they create and organize notes.
• Writing Workshop: Supports students with essay writing. Students are encouraged to bring in papers they are currently on. One-on-one support is provided.
• Self Advocacy: Students are trained to understand their unique learning diagnosis, explain it in their own words and discuss with teachers. Training requires a minimum of two window periods.

Homework Management
Students have access to a daily 20-minute check-in after school with LRC staff to assist them with the identification, prioritization and scheduling of homework. Time is also used to confirm that all the necessary materials needed to complete assigned homework are taken home. Students are invited to stay to work on assignments until 3:30pm. Homework Management is offered Monday-Thursday.

Tutoring
One-on-one academic tutoring support provided.

• Tutoring with a Teacher: Students can meet with an LRC teacher during study hall, window periods or after school until 3:30pm to receive tutoring support by appointment.
• Peer Tutoring: Tutoring services provided by academically talented Seattle Prep students who are matched up with students in need. Peer Tutoring is every B Day during Window; Monday, Tuesday, Thursday afterschool.

Evaluation
Comprehensive educational-psychological evaluations or re-evaluations may be scheduled and conducted in-house to identify the learning needs of individual students. Determinations for in-house evaluations are made by the Director. This is a fee-based service. Referrals to outside providers are also available.