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29 <br /> 2 . Project #2: Family Transitional Learning Classroom <br /> a. Type of activity: Mental Health/Early Intervention <br /> b. Description of activity: This project will provide services at a no-cost, family-centered <br /> prevention program that offers an alternative therapeutic classroom setting for Orange County <br /> preschoolers with long-standing emotional and behavioral difficulties. Family education and <br /> support, and consultation to the child's mainstreamed child care setting also will be provided. <br /> c. Agencies/organizations involved, and description of their collaboration: Chapel <br /> Hill Cooperative Preschool agreed to assist with licensing, providing food for children on a <br /> trial basis, and providing opportunities for mainstreaming FTLC children into their program. <br /> The Exceptional Children's Program of Chapel Hill/Carrboro City Schools agreed to contribute <br /> $3600 towards the salary of classroom assistance. The Exceptional Children's Program of <br /> Orange County agreed to contribute$3600 towards the service of preschoolers for Orange <br /> County's cachement. Chapel Hill/Carrboro Head Start agreed to share one child's space so <br /> that one Head Start child could participate in the FTLC for 3 days/week and be mainstreamed <br /> into Head Start 2 days/week. UNC-CH agreed to place a Master's level student in Education <br /> with the FTLC to help mainstream children into Chapel Hill Cooperative Preschool and the <br /> child's regular child care program. <br /> d. Target population: FTLC will serve four-year old children who have had long-standing <br /> emotional and behavioral difficulties and their families. <br /> e. Expected outcomes, including time-frame: <br /> Increase the social skills, positive self-concept and self-discipline of six children enrolled in <br /> the FTLC classroom by June 1995. <br /> +Increase the positive parent-child interactions of the six children enrolled in the FTLC <br /> classroom by June 1995. <br /> :-Increase regular child care staffs ability to interact effectively with each child in the FTLC <br /> and increase their willingness to maintain the children from the FTLC in their classrooms by <br /> June 1995. <br /> f. Implementation plan, including time-frame: The initiative will continue to work with <br /> staff hired during the previous year(January - June 1994.) Six children will be enrolled in the <br /> classroom from July 1, 1994 to September 30, 1994 or as needed. Agreements will be <br /> formulated with the parents of FTLC children from July 1, 1994 to September 30, 1994 or as <br /> needed. Individualized services will be provided to families from July 1, 1994 to June 30, <br /> 1995. Consultation will be provided to regular child care settings where FTLC children are <br /> enrolled from July 1, 1994 to June 30, 1995. Individual and group therapy will be provided to <br /> FTLC children as needed from July 1, 1994 to June 30, 1995. The initiative's effectiveness <br /> will be determined through initial assessments of each child, an ongoing evaluation of each <br /> child, and a final evaluation of the program's success. <br /> g . Types of funds: Services <br /> h. Total amount: $47,000 <br /> i . Budget: Attached <br /> j. Funding recipient: Orange-Person-Chatham Mental Health Center <br /> (1) XX Public Private <br /> (2) Federal Tax ID#: <br /> (3) Name and Title of person authorized to sign contract: <br /> Tom Maynard, Area Director <br /> (4) Name, title, address, and phone of contract administrator: <br /> Tom Maynard,Area Director <br /> OPC Mental Health Center <br /> 333 McMasters St. <br /> Chapel Hill, NC 27516 <br /> 968-9565 <br /> 27 <br />