What is Early Childhood?
Early Childhood is a language/communication based special education program that provides specially designed free and appropriate instruction to meet the needs of preschool children with disabilities. Instruction can take place in a classroom or home based setting. Students may enter the program at any time throughout the year as they turn 3 years old and are found to be eligible for services.
Who Do We Serve?
Children between the ages of 3 years old and 6 years old are evaluated and must meet eligibility criteria for given disability. Disabilities include, but are not limited to:
- Significant Developmental Delay (SDD)
- Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
- Other Health Impairment (OHI)
- Emotional/Behavioral Disorder (EBD)
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
- Speech and Language Impairment
Currently we have many students who are non-verbal, and/or non-ambulatory and require significant adult support. It often takes more than one adult to meet the needs of a single student for a given task/activity.
What Do We Work On?
- Total communication - Students have access to multiple modes of communication (e.g., gestures, signs, pictures, speech generating devices, and/or oral speech)
- Play skills - Students work on skills ranging from early developmental cause/effect or turn taking through cooperative play
- Social and emotional skills - Students work on being with peers, self-regulation, and many other early social functions
- Physical skills - Students work on a variety of gross/fine motor activities
- School readiness skills - Students work on joining groups, noticing peers, following routines and directions, and self-care skills (e.g., feeding, toilet training)
When is Early Childhood Offered?
Three different sessions of Early Childhood is available.
Morning One Session: 8:00 am - 9:45 am (Monday - Thursday)
Morning Two Session: 9:45 am - 11:30 am (Monday - Thursday)
Afternoon Session: 12:05 pm - 3:05 pm (Monday - Friday)
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