Preschool Program

Program Specialist : Cheri Cornaby
Preschool Coordinator: Wendi Pray

For questions, please contact
Wendi Pray at 319-5826.

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Decision Tree

Preschool Newsletter

Santaquin Preschool Website

Nebo School District Special Education Preschool

Information about Nebo School District Preschool Program

What is Special Education Preschool?

The Nebo District Special Education program provides services for students ages 3 to 5 years old who are found to have a disability under the Federal IDEA law.

Services

Services available depend on the needs of the student but can include: speech therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, vision therapy, and early intervention therapy.

Placement options

Possible placement options for special services include:

Preschool two to four days
Homebound Services (for medically fragile students)
Title I Preschool (available for some title I school catchment areas)
Headstart
Autism Classroom
Internet/Consultation Services

Benefits of early intervention services

After nearly 50 years of research, there is evidence -- both quantitative (data based) and qualitative (reports of parents and teachers) -- that early intervention increases developmental and educational gains for the child, improves the functioning of the family, and reaps long-term benefits for society.

Early intervention has been shown to result in the child: (a) needing fewer special education and other habilitative services later in life; (b) being retained in grade less often; and (c) in some cases being indistinguishable from nonhandicapped classmates years after intervention.

Source: U. S. Department of Education

How Is a Child Determined to Have a Disability?

Comprehensive testing is conducted at no cost to the parents, when there are concerns in one or more of the following areas:

Cognitive Development

Physical/Motor Development

Language/Speech Development

Social/Emotional Development

Self-Help Skills/Adaptive Behavior

Qualification

The child may qualify for Special Education services if he or she scores at below the 7 th percentile in one or more of the above categories.

Action

Parents can call Oakridge School at 491-2165 to schedule a hearing/visions screening and complete the paperwork.
The preschool coordinator will contact parents to schedule the rest of the assessment at the testing center at Barnett Elementary.
Students will be assessed by a team of professionals. Each team may include: speech therapist, early childhood special education teacher, L.E.A. (Local Education Authority), Preschool Coordinator and a Psychologist, depending on the areas of suspected disability.

A young child is no longer simply a child: he or she is a preschooler, poised at the starting gate in the race of life. - - Neil Kurshan

Preschool students at Sage Creek Elementary get a chance to interact with some horned toads during an Extended School Year (ESY) class.