| Children's Readiness Center
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| | full-day classes, five days a week,
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| Student Disability: Significant
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| | entering an educational environment that
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| developmental delays including autism, and
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| | promotes the greatest possible
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| mental retardation
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| | achievement.
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| Student Age: 5 to 8 (Early Elementary)
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| | The total child perspective at this Long
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| Students who attend this state-of-the-art
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| | Island school is used to address the needs
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| early education center in Long Island need
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| | of each youngster on an individual basis.
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| a highly individualized behavioral
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| | The curriculum stresses the development of
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| approach and small class size (6:1:2). As
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| | physical skills and the growth of
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| part of its educational/behavioral
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| | cognitive, social, emotional and language
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| approach, the program's specially trained
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| | skills. Each child's unique abilities and
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| staff track results of each student's
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| | needs are considered in all the program's
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| activities in continuous documentation.
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| | activities.
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| Long Island school program goals include
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| | An Engineered Aided Language Environment,
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| not only developing the youngsters'
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| | using visual strategies and assistive
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| communication skills and increasing their
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| | technology, are used to encourage physical
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| social interactions but also accomplishing
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| | development and the growth of
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| individualized educational goals in
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| | communication skills for children
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| preacademic and academic programs. Parents
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| | attending this Long Island school. For
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| and family at this Long Island school
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| | each child, a multidisciplinary team
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| learn behavioral and educational
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| | develops strategies and methods to meet
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| strategies that can be used with the
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| | the goals and objectives of his/her
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| children at home.
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| | Individualized Education Plan (IEP).
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| Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is the
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| | Children receive physical, occupational,
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| teaching methodology used throughout the
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| | and speech therapies as prescribed in
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| program. Skills are broken down into small
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| | their IEPs. Time is spent each day
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| steps and various teaching techniques are
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| | encouraging the growth of skills needed in
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| used to ensure skill mastery under a
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| | activities of daily living, such as
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| variety of conditions. This Long Island
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| | feeding and dressing. Social skills are
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| School uses a progressive total
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| | developed in structured activities and
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| communication system that may include
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| | free play. This Long Island school uses
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| spoken words, photographs, pictures,
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| | individual and group projects such as
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| symbols and/ or sign language, to increase
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| | painting, cooking, coloring, planting
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| communication skills. The Picture Exchange
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| | flowers, water play and using the sand
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| Communication System (PECS) method
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| | table develop motor and learning skills.
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| involves the child initiating a social
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| | The children work with specially trained
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| exchange to make requests or communicate.
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| | teachers in the Learning Center where they
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| Carman Road Preschool
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| | begin to use assistive technology, adapted
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| Student Disability: Preschooler with a
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| | computers, specialized software, touch
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| disability (multiple disabilities,
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| | screens and switches. Access to the
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| physical disabilities)
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| | Adapted Physical Education provides
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| Student Age: 3 to 5
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| | opportunities for additional growth in
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| The Preschool Program at Carman Road
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| | motor skills for children attending this
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| School is one of many Long Island schools
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| | Long Island school.
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| that provide total educational
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| | Parents can visit their child's classroom
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| intervention for children with multiple,
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| | and observe the program. They can also
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| physical and cognitive disabilities in a
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| | talk with the classroom teacher and with
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| specially designed environment. All
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| | members of the multidisciplinary team on
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| children at this Long Island school are
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| | these visits and throughout the year as
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| encouraged to reach their greatest
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| | necessary. Parents also participate in the
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| potential through many activities that
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| | development of the child's IEP. Parent
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| stimulate growth and development while
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| | Teacher Association (PTA) meetings at this
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| building self-confidence. Youngsters are
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| | Long Island school cover topics that are
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| referred to the program by their local
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| | important to education and management of
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| district Committee on Preschool Education
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| | children with special needs and are held
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| (CPSE). Once accepted, they attend
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| | monthly.
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