August 27th is the first day of school for many students in the metroplex and it will be the first day for Simone attending preschool,
Yes she is three, but now she is too old for ECI which goes from age 0-3 years of age, so now off to pre-k. I have elected to go the public school route.
Since April I have met with several school officials who assessed, tested, informed and made decisions on Simone's future education. I feel she will have a positive experience, even though her class is self contained... as a matter of fact she will be the youngest at the school and will only socialize with prek, and kindergartners during recess.
Begin the count down today: Aug 8th, **DAY 19th*****
__side reading:
Federal law reflects this understanding by requiring that preschool children with special needs (ages 3 through 5) be provided a free and appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment. Research shows many children will benefit from inclusive preschool placements where they can learn with and from their non-disabled peers. Four reviews of the literature undertaken since 1980 indicate that children with special needs placed in inclusive settings make at least as much progress on standardized measures of cognitive, language, motor, and social development as children in self-contained special education settings. According to researchers, inclusive placements afford preschool children with special needs learning opportunities that they will not have in a non-inclusive setting. In addition, some researchers feel that placement in non-special education settings is simply the right and ethical thing to do for these children and their families.
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