December 2011
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“Now, with a grant from the Robin Hood Foundation, “We’re trying to develop a program that follows kids for 12 years for that goal of high school graduation…”
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Read the New York Daily News profile on Joan DiBlasi, assistant executive director at Astor Services for Children and Families. Astor Services provides day-treatment for children who cannot attend traditional public schools because of serious behavioral and emotional disorders.
Moving from special education to general education means that these students will have a better chance of graduating high school (15 percent for children with emotional disorders; 25 percent for children in special education and 60 percent for children in general education).
