The program for prekindergarten special needs and developmentally delayed students was developed to provide early intervention for children at risk for academic failure. The program focuses on teaching self-help, socialization and preacademic skills.
Parent involvement is also a component.
The goal of the program is to help each child reach his or her maximum potential. Ultimately it is hoped that early intervention will result in lessening the severity of the handicapping condition or eliminating entirely the need for exceptional student education services for these students when they reach kindergarten age. This format provides for the placement of students of various exceptionalities in a single setting. Programs Prekindergarten special needs and developmentally delayed students are served in a varying exceptionalities format. Full-time programs are housed at The Webster School, Ocean Palms Elementary, Mill Creek Elementary, Osceola Elementary, Crookshank Elementary, Otis Mason Elementary, and Cunningham Creek Elementary.