
The forms a major element of the agency’s integrative early intervention strategy. This innovative preschool model equally blends students ages 3 and 4; one third have developmental disabilities or delays; one third have emotional special needs; and one third are considered as developing normally. The program promotes self-esteem, cooperative behaviors, and the constructive expression of feelings, as well as developmental growth in language, cognition, motor and self-help skills.
In 2010:
- 54 children were enrolled in the school and were helped to enhance their self-esteem, cooperative behaviors, and the constructive expression of feelings, as well as their developmental growth in language, cognition, and motor and self-help skills
- 40 (est.) health care professionals received training and technical assistance to help them bring added skills to the work they do with the consumers for whom they provide services
- 200 (est.) individuals in the community received outreach services through requests for information
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