Program Types
As part of the IEP process, the following are some, but not all of the continuum of services available to students with disabilities.
Center-based Services
- Preschool students with special needs and peer models participate in center-based classrooms four days per week for our AM students and five days a week for our PM students
- Classes can have up to 16 children and are staffed by an Early Childhood Intervention Specialist and a minimum of one Paraprofessional.
- Therapists are assigned to classrooms as prescribed by the Individualized Education Programs of the special needs students.
Itinerant Services
- Services are provided at their daycare, private preschool, or other setting as long as it is within district boundaries by a traveling itinerant Intervention Specialist.
- Goals, objectives and support provided are determined and detailed in the child's Individualized Education Program (IEP).
Speech Class Services
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This program meets for one and a half hours, one time per week at the DCS Preschool.
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Led by a speech pathologist and an intervention specialist, the small class size allows for activities that target various language processes.
Therapy Services
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Services are provided at the DCS Preschool or other location determined and detailed in the child’s Individualized Education Program (IEP)