| When a child is facing cancer or a serious blood disorder, education
may not seem like a top priority. Yet even in the midst of this difficult
time, school and learning remain important considerations and families
have many educational concerns.
When can she return to the classroom? How will treatment impact
his academic development? What can be done to ensure that her specific
needs are met by the school system? Who will advocate on his behalf?
Tomorrows Children’s Fund sponsors L.E.A.R.N. (Liaison for
Effective Academic Resources and Networking), an educational and
guidance support program, to answer these questions and more.
The objective of our L.E.A.R.N. program is to share information
regarding the effect of these diseases on learning and offer families
and schools the practical help they need to address educational issues.
Services include:
- Advocacy on behalf of families within school districts to ensure
that children receive appropriate educational support
- Consultation on school placement and use of resources to meet
children’s needs
- Education about disease, treatments and potential school-related
effects
- Screening to monitor children’s educational development
- Coordination of diagnostic educational evaluations
- Consultation with patients through the Cure and Beyond program
for long-term survivors.
In addition, Tomorrows Children’s Fund offers professional
tutoring services to children receiving care at the medical center.
We’ve equipped the clinic with state-of-the-art computers featuring
up-to-the-minute software to assist all children in their educational
goals. And we provide financial aid to patients pursuing secondary
education who maintain satisfactory grades.
Our hope is that by meeting the educational challenges of children
with these devastating diseases, we can help them live and learn as
fully as possible. During treatment and beyond. |
