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Year after year, parents regale stories about how doctors said their child would "never walk" or "never speak" or "had little chance of progress". Yet year after year, parents and friends applaud as their little loved ones walk up to accept their diploma or cry as their children say the "Pledge of Allegiance." 
The Center's success at developing the educational, social and physical skills of its students and infants ages three months to five years of age has a track record second to none. 
The achievements of the program are evident through the amazing cognitive and physical progress tracked by the teachers and parents. 

The Ann Storck Center's Preschool is special in that students with developmental disabilities are taught alongside typically developing children.  Students are assessed through the Preschool's Early Intervention Program which provides children who exhibit developmental delays up to age five with services that give them a better start on life and a chance to attend regular kindergarten.  As a result, graduating students are often mainstreamed into regular neighborhood kindergartens with typically developing five-year-olds.  Statistics show that special preschool programs, such as those at the Center, save the public money in future education costs.

 

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Features of the Preschool:

 

Small class sizes - 10 to 12 students per class (a classroom mix of typically developing children and children with developmental disabilities)

Low teacher to student ratio - 1:4 ratio

Certified Teachers

Licensed Therapists

Extensive use of manipulative toys and teaching aids.

Interaction among all students
Clean, bright stimulating environment.

In addition to providing each child with individual lesson plans and needed therapies, the Center makes great strides servicing the families of its preschoolers. 

 

Family Support Services include:

 

In-home parent education

Respite day care

Information and referral

  

 

Graduation Statistics

In 2007 our Preschool saw 32 children graduate. 17 of them went on to the regular kindergarten program at their neighborhood school and 1 child was dismissed from special education.

In 2006, 42% of children with special needs graduated to their neighborhood kindergarten;
9 children were dismissed from special education.

In 2005, 7 of the graduates went on to attend conventional elementary schools; 4 were enrolled in their neighborhood kindergarten.

In 2004, 10 of the 32 children who graduated went on to attend their neighborhood kindergarten as typically developing children.

In 2003, 41 children graduated.

5 children were dismissed from Special Education Services.

In 2002 our Preschool saw 33 children graduate:

3 were dismissed from Special Education