GROW is one of our country’s newest post-secondary program for students with learning differences and anxiety disorders. GROW is proud to belong to an academic community that at all times has embraced learning disabilities and is as steadfast about this ideal as it was during its earliest days in 1983 at Distinctive Education Center alongside Dr. Glenda Sternberg.

Are you age 18 to 26, struggling academically, unemployed, and with relationship problems? Join GROW, a depth journey that will take you to the heart and soul of one of the newest post-secondary options in the region. Uncover the breadth and depth of the program that will spark your future. Visit GROW and join us today.

Join us for a presentation on GROW at Glenforest School, and time to meet with our staff on November 22 at 5:30pm. GROW’s physical address is 1041 Harbor Drive in West Columbia. If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at gramis@glenforest.org. We look forward to seeing you on the 22nd.

The goal at GROW is to develop an unusual one-on-one foundation with each of our students. The low student-to-teacher ratio at GROW means individualized attention and the ability to tailor the most effective approach to educating each of our students.

Glenforest School has put together a number of workshops for 6th to 12th grade students to reinforce social skills in the school. A lack of social skills from students could lead to behavioral difficulties, inattentiveness, peer rejection, emotional difficulties, bullying, difficulty in making friends, aggressiveness, problems in interpersonal relationships, poor self-concept, academic failures, concentration difficulties, isolation from peers, and depression, among others. That is why Glenforest has coordinated three sessions of direct social skills training for the students, starting on the week of November 14.

Playing volleyball is a natural way to help students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder develop executive function skills -- the brain-based skills. Coaches need to plan and direct activities and regulate behavior, such as organizational skills, task initiation, time management, motivational skills and others. Many experts say a connection between ADHD and athletics makes sense. In fact, a surprising number of professional athletes have ADHD. An estimated eight to ten percent of all pro athletes have the condition, as compared to four to five percent of the general population of adults.