The Vancouver Learning Centre
is the "Village" it takes
to get the very best outcome
for each learner.
The VLC is a Learning Centre, not a school. Click here for clarity.

The VLC is not a school but a Specialist Learning Centre. The VLC delivers a team-based process. A teaching captain is assigned to oversee the program delivery and to be the main contact with the parents who then become an integrated part of the team. Schools can then be involved as appropriate.

In the case of home schooling, the curriculum, homework tasks, testing, and the program to earn credentials and provide oversight to the curriculum is up to the distance education school. This becomes the learner’s school and the VLC will work collaboratively with the school’s contact person and will actively address all IEPs or special needs developed by that school.

Whether the student attends on site at VLC and remains as part of a class or works with a distance education school, the VLC becomes the specialist provider of one to one teaching based on the special needs of the learner in collaboration with the learner’s parents and the contact person assigned by the school.

The Vancouver Learning Centre
is the "Village" it takes
to get the very best outcome
for each learner.
The VLC is a Learning Centre, not a school. See here for clarity.

Programs

Worry Dragons: Coping Skills for Children with Anxieties

At the Vancouver Learning Centre, in addition to Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) procedures for managing behaviour, we use a program for Coping Skills for Children with Anxieties called Learning How to Tame Worry Dragons by Sandra L. Clark PhD.

This is a process for changing dysfunctional and negative thinking patterns that cause children and youth to worry.

The process is proactive and can be fun. It deals with concerns like shyness (social phobia dragon), habits (obsessive compulsive dragon), and general or specific fears.

The idea is to stop the worrying thoughts and to change negative self-talk to positive talk.

At the Vancouver Learning Centre, if anxieties are a part of the problem preventing success, the Worry Dragon program is integrated with the general program, as long as it is appropriate.

In general, positive thinking patterns are integrated into all VLC lessons.