Q: What is A Chance To Grow (ACTG)?
A: During the past 19 years, A Chance To Grow has been a non-profit 501 ( c ) ( 3 ) agency dedicated to helping children with learning problems, developmental delays and brain injuries reach their highest potential.
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Q: How many programs and departments are there at A Chance To Grow?
A: A Chance To Grow has ten programs. They are: New Visions School, The Turnquist Child Enrichment Center, Home Based Services, an Outpatient Rehabilitation Clinic, a Neurophysiological Rehabilitation program (NPR), an Auditory Clinic, an Optometry Clinic, a Neurotechnology Clinic, the Minnesota Learning Resource Center and the Kretsch Family Brain Resource Library.
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Q: What is New Visions School (NVS)?
A: New Visions School is a K-7 public charter school with an enrollment of over 200 children. New Visions is known as "The Reading School" because of the dramatic gains its' students achieve during the school year. New Visions also specializes in science and technology.
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Q: What is a key fact to know about New Visions School?
A: New Visions School is one of only 19 schools in the state to have qualified for the Federally sponsored Reading First program. The University of Minnesota 's Department of Education, in conjunction with the Minnesota Department of Education administers this program.
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Q: Who attends New Visions School?
A: A majority of the student enrollment is made up of children from northeast and near north Minneapolis . However, there are children from all over the Twin Cities metro area who attend NVS.
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Q: What is Home Based Services?
A: Home Based Services provides services for children and young adults in the Twin Cities metro area with serious brain injuries or developmental delays who receive care in their homes.
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Q: How many clients does the ACTG Home Based Services program have?
A: There are 115 children and young adults who receive care through the program. Over 276 personal care attendants (PCAs) work with four registered nurses and a medical doctor to provide the assistance our clients require.
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Q: How does the Home Based Services program work?
A: The ACTG staff works with the client and family to assure every aspect of the patients care is provided for.
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Q: What is Boost Up?
A: Boost Up is a proven, nationally replicated program that increases children's reading achievements.
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Q: What is the Turnquist Child Enrichment Center?
A: The Turnquist Child Enrichment Center is one of only 12 Hennepin County "Strong Beginnings" child care centers.
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Q: What do I need to know about the Turnquist Child Enrichment Center?
A: Trudy Turnquist started the Center in 1999. The Turnquist Center partners with Edison and Broadway High schools on a teen pregnancy program called "Baby Space."
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Q: What is the Outpatient Rehabilitation clinic?
A: This clinic offers speech/language, occupational, physical therapy and NPR to its' clients.
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Q: What does NPR stand for?
A: NPR stands for Neurophysiological Rehabilitation. NPR therapists evaluate a child's neurological and physiological well being by assessing visual, auditory and tactile systems, as well as their mobility, language and manual dexterity.
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Q: What does the ACTG Optometry Clinic offer?
A: The Optometry clinic offers vision therapy for children with learning problems related to vision. The clinic also offers traditional eye exams and corrective lenses for children and adults. It is open to the general public and accepts most health insurance plans.
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Q: What is the NeuroTechnology clinic all about?
A: The NeuroTech clinic helps children with attention deficit, hyperactivity and other behavioral and emotional problems learn to relax, focus and attend.
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Q: What is the Kretsch Family Brain Resource Library?
A: The Resource library is a resource center for parents and professionals offering over 1,000 books, videos and journals that cover everything from autism to learning disabilities to adult head injury.
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Q: What is the Minnesota Learning Resource Center (MLRC)?
A: The MLRC is a teacher-training institute that helps other schools replicate A Chance To Grow's innovative programs. Currently the MLRC is working with over 144 schools nationwide. Every day over 8,500 children take part in the program. Hundreds of educators take part in training sessions held in northeast Minneapolis every year.
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Q: What programs are replicated during the MLRC training workshops?
A: The Minnesota Learning Resource Center provides training and mentoring on SMART/ Boost - Up, neurotechnology and the auditory program.
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