The Department of Education is not endorsing these individuals or organizations but providing contact information solely to use as desired for resources that may further help the success of students in alternative education programs.
Additional Links:
US Department of Education
No Child Left Behind
Safe and Drug Free Schools
Center for Schools and Communities
Physical Education
Special Education
PATTAN Website
Student Assistance Programs
PA English Language Learners
Additional Resources:
Blendedschools.net - Aligned with Chapter 4 standards
A non-profit organization dedicated to optimizing technology to enhance student learning by delivering a growing list of services to its member school districts and their students.
Contact: Anthony Labriola
Chief Administrative Officer
E-mail: alabriola@blendedschools.net
Web Site: http://www.blendedschools.net
Blueprint Programs
Identifies violence prevention programs that meet a high scientific standard of program effectiveness.
Web Site: http://www.colorado.edu/cspv/blueprints/
Bullying Prevention Program
(A program created by Dr. Dan Olweus, University of Bergen, Norway)
Family-Child Resources, Inc.
3995 East Market Street
York, PA 17402-2773
Telephone: (717) 757-1227
FAX: (717) 757-1353
E-mail: resources@f-cr.com
Note: See also the link above to Safe and Drug Free Schools.
C. A. Keating Consulting
Specializing in Resource Development/Grant Acquisition
Telephone: (717) 583-0807
E-mail: keatingcon@aol.com
CareerLink
Web Site: http://www.pacareerlink.state.pa.us
(This site links you to all the services available to youth for job search and training)
Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed At Risk
Johns Hopkins University
Center of Social Organization of Schools
Telephone: (410) 516-8800
E-mail: rslavin@successforall.net
Central Pennsylvania Workforce Development Corporation
Three Kelly Square, Route 15 North
Lewisburg, PA 17837
Contact: Shannon Miller, Operations Manager
Telephone: (570) 568-0800
Fax: (570) 568-0814
E-mail: smiller@cpwdc.org
Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence
Institute of Behavioral Science
University of Colorado
Box 442, Building #10
Boulder, CO 80309-0442
Telephone: (303) 492-8465
FAX: (303) 443-3297
Child Grief Education Association
2401 South Downing
Denver, CO 80221;
Web Site: http://www.childgrief.org
Click a Tutor
Web Site: http://www.clickatutor.us/lga
For direct access to this site, you may contact
Ellen Ervin at (816) 228-8580
(offers resources for tutoring programs)
Comprehensive Treatment for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Offers treatment manuals, program materials, and consulting to parents, teachers, and health care providers of children with ADHD.
Web Site: http://ctadd.net
Crisis Prevention Institute, Inc.
Telephone: (800) 558-8976
(Institute produced seminars and video training programs on dealing and preventing violence.)
Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators
Telephone: (781) 843-2663
Web Site: http://www.cjca.net
David Soberg's Rock Notes
Rock Notes (a curriculum aligned with Chapter 4 using rock and roll music)
Telephone: (412) 513-9862
Fax: (412) 561-1950
E-mail: davidsobergrocknotes@juno.com
Web Site:
Educational Options – Novel/Stars
A web based assisted curriculum company offering an approved curriculum that correlates to the Pennsylvania standards and anchors of learning. Our system offers academic assessments in all 33 courses and has proven successful with at-risk and main stream students.
Contact: Eric Riccio
Telephone: (866) 243-7460
E-mail: ericcio@edoptions.com
Web Site: http://www.edoptions.com
Note: Educational Options is the 2006 US Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year.
Electronic Bill Room
A web based assisted curriculum company offering an approved curriculum that correlates to the Pennsylvania standards and anchors of learning. Our system offers academic assessments in all 33 courses and has proven successful with at-risk and main stream students.
Contact: Eric Riccio
Telephone: (866) 243-7460
E-mail: ericcio@edoptions.com
Web Site: http://www.edoptions.com
Note: Educational Options is the 2006 US Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year.
Electronic Bill Room
(used to access current bills being considered and legislation enacted)
Web Site: http://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/BI/billroom.htm
Economics Pennsylvania
Fritz M. Heinemann, President and CEO
Telephone: (570) 372-9997
E-mail: FMHPA@aol.com
Web Site: http://www.economicspa.org
(This a contact for FREE training for teachers to teach economics)
ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education
Telephone: (800) 538-3742
(Provides links to directories and digests related to school safety, as well as information alerts and in-depth reviews of school safety issues.
Federal Bonding Program
Provides free insurances if an accident occurs for "at risk" employees such as ex-convicts.
Contact: Ron Rubbin, Program Director
Federal Bonding Program
1725 DeSales Street, NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
Telephone: 800-233-2258
Web Site:
Governor's Community Partnership for Safe Children
3101 North Front Street
PO Box 1167
Harrisburg, PA 17108-1167
Telephone: (717) 705-0904
FAX: (717) 705-3698
Web Site: http://www.pccd.state.pa.us
Juvenile Law Center
Telephone: (215) 625-0551
Web Site: http://www.jlc.org
Mental Health Information Center
1021 Prince Street
Alexandria, VA 22314-2971
Telephone:800-969-6642.
FAX: (703) 684-5968
National Association for Bilingual Education
Web Site: http://www.nabe.org
Music Therapy by Matthew J. Bush, MSW, LSW
1 Center Square, Suite 207
Hanover, PA 17331
Web site: http://www.enterthefreudianslip.com
National Center for Education Statistics
US Department of Education
Office of Educational Research and Improvement
Telephone: (202) 502-7326
Web Site: http://nces.ed.gov
National Character Education Foundation
David L. Rettig
300 South Main Street
Zelienople, PA 16063
Telephone: 866-770-6233
E-mail: dave@ncef.net
Web Site: http://ncef.net
National Evaluation and Technical Assistance Center
for the Education of Children Who are Neglected, Delinquent or At-Risk (This group provides technical assistance to support capacity building and uniform evaluation.
Web Site: http://www.Neglected-Delinquent.org
National Institute on the Education of At-Risk Students
(The At-Risk Institute supports a range of research and development activities designed to improve the education of students at risk of educational failure because of limited English proficiency, poverty, race, geographic location, or economic disadvantage
Web Site: http://www.ed.gov/offices/OERI/At-Risk/index.html
National Research and Training Center
Girls and Boys Town
5215 Sarah Lane
Fredericksburg, Virginia 22407
Telephone: (540) 710-9877
Web Site: http://www.girlsandboystown.org/pros/workshops/workshops.asp
National School Safety Center
Telephone: (805) 373-9977
Web Site:
(Conducts research and disseminates information and publications on school safety.)
North Central Workforce Investment Board
North Central Pennsylvania Regional Planning and Development Commission
651 Montmorenci Avenue
Ridgway, PA 15853
Contact: Michael Lawrence
Telephone: (814) 773-3162
FAX: (814) 772-7045
E-mail: mike@ncwib.org
Office for Civil Rights
Web Site: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/index.html?src=mr
Office of English Language Enhancement and Academic Achievement for Limited English Proficient Students
Web Site: http://www.ed.gov/offices/OELA/
Pace Learning Systems
Susan P. McKee, Ph.D., Owner/CEO
Telephone: (800) 826-7223
Web Site: http://www.pacelearning.com
Paths of Learning
Web Site: http://www.pathsoflearning.net
(A resource for educators, parents, scholars, and policymakers seeking democratic, holistic and student-centered forms of education.)
Pennsylvania Association for Learning Alternatives
Elizabeth Quigley and Robert Marquet, Jr., Co-Chairs
PO Box 201
Quakertown, PA 18951
Telephone: (215) 538-1687 evenings
Telephone: (215) 443-0280 days
E-mail: PALAQuigley@aol.com
E-mail: rmarquetjr@aol.com
(Offers free workshops and publishes a newsletter 3 times a year)
Pennsylvania Council on Crime and Delinquency
Community Partnerships for Safe Children
Web Site: http://www.pccd.state.pa.us
Positive Adolescent Choices Training
Center for Child Adolescent Violence Prevention
Wright State University, School of Professional Psychology
9 North Edwin C. Moses Blvd.
Dayton, OH 45407
Telephone: (937) 775-4300
FAX: (937) 775-4323
E-mail: betty.yung@wright.edu
Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
(The Center offers capacity-building information and technical assistance for identifying, adapting, and sustaining effective school-side disciplinary practices.
Web Site: http://www.pbis.org
Project Achieve
Institute for School Reform, Integrated Services and Child Mental Health and Education Policy School Psychology Program
4202 East Fowler Avenue
Tampa, FL 33520-7750
Telephone: (813) 974-3246
FAX: (813) 974-5814
Project Adventure
Web Site: http://www.wilderdom.com/projectadventure/ProjectAdventureBrief.htm
Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies (PATH)
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
Telephone: (814) 865-2618
E-mail: mxg47@psu.edu
Web Site: http://www.psu.edu/dept/prevention
Research for Better Schools
Telephone: (215) 574-9300
Web Site: http://www.rbs.org
(Offers educational technology development, evaluation, technical assistance, and training services.)
Resolving Conflict Creatively Program
Resolving Conflict Creatively Program National Center
40 Exchange Place, Suite 1111
New York, NY 10005
Telephone: (212) 509-0022
FAX: (212) 509-1095
E-mail: rccp@rccp.org
Web Site: http://www.esrnational.org
SchoolMatters (A Service of Standard & Poor's)
SchoolMatters is a public source of information and analysis about out nation's public schools.
Web Site: http://www.schoolmatters.com
Second Step: A Violence Prevention Curriculum
Committee for Children
2203 Airport Way South
Suite 500
Seattle, WA 98134
Telephone: (800) 634-4449 or (206) 343-1223
FAX: (206) 343-1445
Web Site: http://www.cfchildren.org
Services for Teens At-Risk (STAR) Center
Western Psychiatric Institute of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Telephone: (412) 624-0725
Web Site: http://www.wpic.pitt.edu/research/star
(Focuses on improving the psychological well-being of children and adolescents - especially those at risk for suicide and interpersonal injury)
Small Schools Community
Web Site: http://www.smallschools.com
(Innovation strategies for smaller schools)
Smart Futures and Keys2Work
David J. Mosey, Executive Director
401 Wood Street, Suite 1400
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Telephone: 412-288-3900, Ext. 223
Web Site: http://www.keys2work.org or http://www.smartfutures.org
Spencer Henry
Practical Ideas for Educators
63 Stoneridge Drive
Ephrata, PA 17522
Telephone: (717) 661-7030
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
Web Site: http://www.tesol.org
The Coalition for Community Schools
c/o Institute for Educational Leadership
1001 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 310
Washington, DC 20036
Telephone: (202) 822-8405
Web Site: http://www.communityschools.org
The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential
8801 Stenton Avenue
Wyndmoor, PA, 19038 USA
Telephone: 215-233-2050
Fax: 215-233-9312
Web Site: http://www.iahp.org/
The Foundation Center
Council on Foundations
1828 L. Street N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
Telephone: (202) 466-6512
Web Site: http://www.cof.org/index.cfm?containerID=76&menuContainerID=0&crumb=2&navID=0
(Assists with information about existing grant opportunities.)
The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University
Web Site: http://www.casacolumbia.org
The National Dropout Prevention Center Network
(Center for Schools and Communities is the PA State contact)
College of Health, Education and Human Development
Clemson University
209 Martin Street
Clemson, SC 29631-1555
Marilyn Madden
Information Resource Consultant
Telephone: (864) 653-8907
E-mail: ndpc@clemson.edu
Web Site: http://www.dropoutprevention.org
The National Emotional Literacy Project for Youth-at-Risk
The Lionheart Foundation
Box 194 Back Bay
Boston, MA 02117
Telephone: (781) 444-6667
Web Site: http://www.lionheart.org
(These folks have a booklet/resource called Power Source: Taking Charge of Your Life that provides a great way to discuss current problems most youth are encountering today. They will provide up to 10 copies to your school for FREE. Contact: Linda Johnson, Outreach Coordinator
US Department of Education
Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools
National Institute on the Education of At-Risk Students
600 Independence Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20202-6123
Telephone: (202) 260-3954
E-mail: At-RISK@ed.gov
Web Site: http://www.ed.gov/offices/OERI/At-Risk
We the People
The Citizen and the Constitution/Project Citizen
Web Site: http://www.wethepeople.gov/ or http://www.civiced.org
(This is a FREE program that empowers students to learn about what it means to be a citizen. It is standards based and comes with terrific FREE texts that really engage the students).
Why Try Program
The Why Try Program uses a multi-sensory approach, based on a set of visual analogies to teach youth in a way that accommodates their learning styles, and gives them insight into how to deal with the daily challenges, anger, frustration, and confusion into positive motivation.
Telephone: 866-949-8791
E-mail: info@whytry.org
Web Site: http://www.whytry.org
Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC)
The Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC), is a federal tax credit that encourages employers to hire nine targeted groups of job seekers by reducing employers’ federal income tax liability by as much as $2,400 per qualified new worker.
Telephone: 800-998-9999
Web Site: http://www.dli.state.pa.us/landi/lib/landi/pdf/bwi/wotc-1.pdf
