YOUTH/TEEN LITERACY

Literacy Connection’s Youth/Teen Literacy Program is available to all youth 11 to 18 years-of-age who attend Henderson County Public Schools and need academic assistance or help with socioemotional learning. Students can be referred to Literacy Connection from the Department of Juvenile Justice or a parent, teacher, principal, social worker, or other concerned adult or school staff member.

The Youth/Teen Literacy Program has two components: 

Interactive Journaling

Interactive Journaling is designed to address life and literacy skills in the context of Cognitive Behavior change and Interactive Journaling. Each of the six modules are topic based and help students learn to make good decisions, build good habits, improve communication, and many other necessary skills. Journaling is flexible and the curriculum is based on the needs of the individual student. Students take a skills survey at the beginning and the end of the journaling program, and they track their goals and their behavioral improvements as they go.

Academic Tutoring

Academic tutoring is designed to address reading comprehension and math skills in the context of academic improvement and work skills development. Trained tutors work with students one-on-one or in small groups and provide classwork assistance while building core academic skills. Tutors partner with parents and school staff to ensure students get assistance and stay current with their schoolwork.

Literacy Connection’s Homework Club provides math assistance on a “drop in” basis one day per week (currently Wednesday) from 3:00 – 5:30 PM at the Literacy Connection office located just inside Patton Park. There is a basic registration process, and then students are welcome to drop by to get help from our highly trained math tutors as they need it.