A half-day Head Start will be added in the fall of 1998. The neighborhood surrounding Loma Heights Elementary School has many low to middle income families. The preschool program serves up to 24 children with developmental disabilities. While inclusion is a goal, there are often only one or two typically developing children within the classroom. The program is staffed by one teacher and two assistants with therapies usually integrated into the curriculum.
Some therapy is conducted on a pull out basis.
The staff all collaborate closely to provide appropriate classroom activities and routines. The classroom is arranged into four areas with an emphasis on some of the principles of the Teach system. Children are provided with schedules and allowed choices of some but not all centers at any given time.