An interdisciplinary approach is used with a team of appropriate professionals to meet individual children's needs. The DEC accepts third party payments from private health insurance, Medicaid, Early Intervention or the Committee on Preschool Special Education. Private payment is based on sliding fee scale. The North Syracuse Early Education Program , operated by the North Syracuse School District, provides services to children ages birth through 4 years old. It provides Early Intervention services for birth to 2 year olds through evaluation, homebased special education and related services and centerbased toddler program.
Flexibility is our key in meeting individual needs.
Professional evaluations by our evaluation component provide important information that help determine what will best suit the child. Marianne Young, Director The Onondaga Central Preschool Program is a special class in integrated setting program model serving typical and special needs three and four year old children. Our program offers a very strong speech and language based curriculum. The program is also an approved evaluation site. Children meeting the I-CHAP criteria are visited by public health nurses who perform developmental screenings to monitor their health and developmental progress.