Alternative Education Program: Provides alternative education with limited class size for at-risk students. Goals are to improve student attendance and improve self-esteem and peer/authority relationships.

Alternative education for 9th through 12th graders who are exhibiting serious or persistent misconduct at his/her primary school.

Academy program for high school dropouts, GED and credit recovery ages 15.5-18. Classes start in January and July and run for seventeen months. The first five months are spent in residency at the campus in Rantoul, IL. In a structured quasi-military environment, youth receive GED instruction or credit recovery, self-discipline, life coping skills, computer skills, and career counseling, and they perform community service projects. Post-graduation, cadets return to the community to continue education in a post secondary institution or vocational school, or obtain employment, with the guidance of a mentor from their community. Youth may be eligible to receive a monetary allowance to assist in education or employment costs.

Educates students with behavioral/emotional conditions who have been unable to maintain traditional school placement. Provides a complete academic curriculum.

Services for parents and children who attend the school include behavior management techniques for children 5-21 years of age, appropriate social and classroom behavior, and parent behavior management skills.

Alternative education for grades 9-12.

Offers alternative High School education services. The alternative education program serves students grades 9-12 who are in need of a non-traditional high school setting and/or in need of a more flexible schedule. Learning is provided predominately through online courses with instructors on site to provide assistance.

Instruction is available for special-education pupils whose condition, as certified by the director of special education, prevents school attendance. These pupils are provided instruction and appropriate special education services through home or hospital programs.

Juvenile Detention Center Coordination facilitates communication with students' prior educational programs and future placements to identify the educational needs of students at the Scott County Juvenile Detention Center, where Mississippi Bend AEA provides the educational program.

Generally serves people residing within the boundaries of the district. No economic restrictions. Ages 5 to 21 years for grades kindergarten through 12th. K-12 students living in contiguous districts may apply for open enrollment to any Des Moines School.

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Bridges is a short-term placement half-day option for students who have challenging social, emotional and/or behavioral issues. Students are placed at Bridges where they receive a more structured environment where staff is able to work with students in small groups.

Provides a space where students can blossom through traditional classroom learning, but also by using nature as a teacher, art and music as therapy and by developing life and vocational skills.

Day Treatment Program: Provides education and behavioral services to juveniles so they don't have to be removed from their homes or communities.

Working Resolutions and Possibilities: An alternative to out of school suspension for youth who have been suspended from school attend programs at the center including tutoring, drug awareness, job training, anger awareness and fitness programs.

Alternative schooling for students, including the following programs: - Regional Safe Schools Program (RSSP): For students with behavioral issues. - Alternative Learning Opportunities Program (ALOP): Alternative learning setting for students who need more intensive academic/social/emotional intervention.

Provides alternative education for youth with diverse learning needs.

Offers a variety of academic programs: - Alternative and optional educational program for those who need an alternative school setting to be successful. - HiSet/GED classes. - GED testing site. - ESL (day and evening courses)

Provides guidance and assistance to prevent school absence and dropout for those at risk of expulsion, and economic, behavioral, and educational support to help students maintain their normal school curriculum and schedule. Programs include: - Attendance Improvement Matters (AIM): Provide direct services to students that will assist them in overcoming economic barriers that interfere with school attendance. - Bridges program: A full time educational option for truant students who wish to catch up to grade level or retrieve credits missed because of poor school attendance.

Provides alternative education for youth with diverse learning needs.

The RSSP Program is for students in Vermilion County who have been expelled from their home school. The home school may refer students to the RSSP program so that the student may continue on with their education in an alternative setting.

Mental health services includes the following:

Outreach Program offers community-based and in-home counseling services that include individual and family skill development and crisis intervention at school, home or in the community. Funding for the program is available through Title XIX.

Substance Abuse Services is an outpatient chemical dependency treatment program that serves youth who are using or abusing chemical substances.

Court Based Intervention Program and Early Services Project are diversion programs for first or second time offenders designed as a consequence and a deterrent to future system involvement.

Community Sanctions Program call for information on the Pace Sanctions and Pace Violators programs.

Juvenile Court School Program is a collaborative project between Juvenile Court, the Des Moines Public Schools, and PACE. Juvenile Court School Liaisons are housed in several middle schools and high schools to provide on-site supervision and interventions to youth under the jurisdiction of the court system or youth who are considered at-risk for juvenile court involvement.

Offers a wide range of programming to meet the needs of youth and adolescents who struggle with behavioral or mental health concerns. Programs are focused on the maximum development and the best outcome of each individual.

No matter what level of care provided, treatment is a personalized experience that is designed to meet the specific strengths, needs, and treatment goals of each individual. Families can choose from a list of services, including comprehensive mental health assessments; outpatient therapy (individual, group, family); psychiatric services including medication management, adolescent intensive outpatient therapy groups; and more.

Programs help children develop coping strategies, self-confidence, and help regulate emotions while they take control of their lives.

Autism services are also available.

Truant Alternative Optional Education Program: Designed for students who are at risk of school failure due to being truant, chronic truants, dropouts or potential dropouts with attendance issues. Regional Safe Schools Program (RSSP): Designed for students who have multiple long-term suspensions, or students who are eligible for expulsion or in lieu of expulsion.

Provides alternative education for youth with diverse learning needs.

17-month life skills program for at-risk adolescents - Residential Phase (first 5 months/22 weeks): On campus in Rantoul. Long days, rigorous mental/physical activities, very limited personal time. Includes at least 40 hours of community service activities. Select a personal mentor. - Post-Resident Phase (last 12 months): Graduates return to their community and work towards completion of their Individual Life Plan. Continue education, volunteering, or seeking employment. Mentor takes on an active role. Education includes: - Credit Recovery. - GED Class. - CPR Training. - Computer Class. - Food Handler certification. - Nutrition Class.

Safe environment and mentors for students with alternative learning needs. Safe Schools and Alternative Programs are designed to meet the needs of individual learners. Safe School programs serve students who have been expelled or who have served multiple suspensions due to serious and/or repeated misconduct. Alternative programs are designed to serve students for a variety of purposes such as credit recovery and chronic truancy.

Assists students who are lacking high school credits, for a variety of reasons, earn course credits toward high school graduation.