You can learn American Sign Language!

Posted on by GKK
JRC is pleased to partner with American Sign Language certified teacher, Marianne Molinari, to offer a 6-week series of classes in ASL, beginning May 1, 2014. This program introduces the fundamentals of ASL and readies signers for conversational sign. Enjoy a journey into Deaf culture and learn to sign without offending. This highly regarded program offers students a chance to... > Read More

Yes, we can help your difficult child

Posted on by RA
student at computer
As the Referrals Director at JRC, I have the opportunity to encounter a number of agencies that deal with a very difficult population of developmentally and emotionally disabled individuals. These agencies include school districts, psychiatric hospitals, public and private mental health agencies, and criminal courts and affiliated agencies, as well as other service providers. Most often I am visiting these... > Read More

Functional Behavioral Assessment at JRC

Posted on by NL
monitoring suite
The Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) literature is consistent with regard to the value of thorough and precise assessment of the functions of dangerous/disruptive behaviors. Such assessment (whether experimental functional analysis or descriptive functional behavioral assessment) can help to form the development of a behavior intervention plan that is better tailored to the individual’s clinical needs. At JRC,... > Read More

Thoughts on being a JRC employee

Posted on by MN
I am both a parent of a child with several emotional and behavioral issues, and an employee of JRC for over 17 years. When I began in 1997 as a Mental Health Assistant (direct care staff), I was amazed at how well-kept the facility and residential homes are. The facility had an “at home atmosphere” for all the students... > Read More

How using behavioral data benefits our students

Posted on by WG
behavior chart
I'm a software developer at JRC and I would like to briefly talk about the charting application that we have developed here at JRC that I feel greatly benefits our students and clients and our staff. The charting application graphically displays client academic and behavioral data that we collect at the school. Academic data is collected and displayed in real time. We have... > Read More

How JRC uses software to streamline processes

Posted on by LHF
JRC has made use of custom software applications in order to maximize the work efficiency of staff and to more adequately manage big data. Because of the large amounts of data needed to be recorded due to the nature of our business, JRC has built many systems in-house in order to manage this workload. From a scheduling system that processes a... > Read More