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Dublin City Schools Preschool

For decades, the Preschool has been serving the Dublin community in meaningful ways with the goal to help our students arrive to kindergarten with the skills for success. 

All school districts are required to provide services for students with disabilities who are three to five years of age. Children with special needs are served through a continuum of program options in the least restrictive environment appropriate for the child. Specialized instruction and intervention services are provided for each child in accordance with a team developed, Individualized Education Program (IEP). Related services include but are not limited to speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, behavior services and transportation. Itinerant services in an early childhood education setting, childcare, or other setting are provided when appropriate.

Eligibility for Special Education Preschool Services requires that children:

  • Are three to five years of age and not yet compulsory school age
  • Demonstrate a disability or exhibit significant developmental delay
  • Demonstrate an educational need that requires specially designed instruction

Students with special needs demonstrate documented deficits in one or more of the following areas: communication, motor, social-emotional/behavioral functioning, cognitive, adaptive behavior, hearing or vision as determined by a multidisciplinary team through a multi-factored evaluation.

Many of our placement options for students with special needs include peer role models. Children with special needs learn through observing and interacting with peer models.  Peer models provide age appropriate examples of social, behavior, play, speech/language and motor skills.

If you have concerns for your child’s development and would like to learn about our screening process, please contact the Special Education Secretary at 614-760-4355.