DRTC Summer Academy

For high school freshman-seniors

🗓️ Dates: June 8-25, 2026 | Monday-Thursday, 9am-3pm

📍 Location: The CUBE at Council Road Baptist Church – Bethany, OK 73008

🟢 Cost: $525.00*

*Funding available through DRS (ask your DRS Counselor!)
Partial scholarships offered through the United Way of Central Oklahoma

Students will develop the following skills:

Communication:

“I” statements
How to ask for help
Healthy boundaries
Appropriate conversations

Community:

Field trips
Money management
Appropriate responses in the community
Interacting with guest speakers

Computer:

DRTC Academy – online learning tool
Internet safety
Job preparation
Daily living
Basic operation

Safety:

Interactions with law enforcement
How to disclose your disability
In-person, reality-based training

Transportation:

How to purchase and use an EMBARK bus pass
Riding the rail car
Safe passenger skills

Registration opens February 1, 2026

Questions? Email aduckett@drtc.org

Community Partners:

Get Home Safe Foundation Practical Reality Based Training with retired law enforcement officials on how to have safe and healthy interactions with Police

EMBARK Transportation Learn to use the metropolitan bus system and the Oklahoma rail car to engage in the community

United Way of Central Oklahoma Supports funding for the camp and creation of DRTC Academy