Goals

The Hilliard City School’s Preschool Program is designed for children age’s three to five who manifest a mild to severe delay in one or more developmental areas. The program goal is to provide children with educational opportunities that promote educational success and daily independence. These educational opportunities shall be provided through:

*Quality instruction with an emphasis on meeting individual and family needs,

*A variety of age and developmentally appropriate educational activities, materials, and equipment,

*A daily schedule of events, which focus on all of the major areas of human development (motor, cognitive, social – emotional, communication and adaptive behavior),

*A variety of instructional approaches such as individual, small and large group interactions to promote skill development,

*Parent interaction/communication,

*Direct therapy or consultative services, when appropriate, offered by related services personnel and,

*Integration of typically developing peers in each classroom.