Describes how special education services are provided.

• Push-in: Special educator or therapist provide services through integrated therapy services within the daily schedule.

A range of activities and environments that eliminate the physical, social and instructional barriers to learning (DEC, NAEYC 2009).

• Flexible instructional approaches that guide developing instructional goals, methods, materials, and assessment for all learners provide multiple ways to engage children, present information and determine learning (CAST 2011).

• Any piece of equipment, or product system, acquired commercially, modified, or customized, used to maintain, increase, or improve functional capabilities of persons with disabilities, except medical devices surgically implanted. (IDEA 2004).

• Planned interventions/modifications to ongoing classroom activity or materials to maximize children's participation.

• Strategies that address individual learning goals within the context of ongoing routines, activities and transitions.

• Used with children who require more intensive supports by providing targeted approaches to move children progressively toward skill development, e.g. modeling, response prompting, corrective feedback, peer supports.

• An approach to provide adult instructional supports that requires screening and ongoing assessment to determine impact of teaching/learning and adjustment of instruction.

• The intentional social supports/teaching that creates a classroom community of belonging for each child and facilitates positive relationships of respect, acceptance and friendship.

• Opportunities for relationship building between families and practitioners support the achievement of mutually agreed upon goals (NPDCI, 2011).

• Approaches to support ongoing communication and collaboration include technical assistance, consultation, coaching, mentoring, collaborative problem-solving, and communities of practice/professional learning communities (NPDCI, 2011).
  • This school has established weekly meetings to problem-solve and plan individual interventions for students. In addition, when the OT and PT are in the building each week, they meet with the classroom teacher to collaborate on student progress and share ideas on new interventions.

• Parent Tuition: fees set by school district paid by families of enrolled general education preschool children.