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Schools &|Districts > Keene District > Preschool Keene School District Preschool
Contact Information
Wheelock Preschool
24 Adams Street
Keene, NH
Principal: Gwen Mitchell
603-352-2244
Coordinator: Joanne Mulligan
603-357-2951
Overview
The Wheelock Preschool Program is a multi-faceted program designed to meet the needs of 3-5 year old special education students. The program has three components:
- Evaluation
- Wheelock Preschool Program
- Consultation, Related Service and Special Education supports to area preschools
1. Evaluation:
The evaluation team conducts arena evaluations on students identified through Early Intervention services, just prior to the child’s third birthday. Additionally, evaluations are conducted on students who are referred in their preschool years by teachers, parents, and physicians due to developmental, speech/language, or other concerns. Preschool services for identified students are required to begin at their third birthday.
2. Wheelock Preschool:
The Wheelock Preschool is a school-based preschool program for 3-5 year old children. The design of the program is to integrate special needs students with typically developing same-age peers. This inclusionary model, over time, has proven to be the most successful for service delivery to our special needs population. A peer group, understanding of students’ special needs, is developed naturally. Integration is the expectation, the norm. Typically-developing students benefit from outstanding teaching, community building, and a deeper understanding of their special needs peers who will be their grade-mates, neighbors and friends through their school years. A nominal tuition is charged to the families of the typically-developing students.
3.Consultation:
The Wheelock Preschool Team consults regularly with area preschools where some of our students are placed. Consultation might be around approaches to instruction, social skills, language development, or motor skills. Consultation to area preschools provides a pre-referral intervention model. |
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