DIXON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS OFFERED PRESENTATION: Julie Kehoe, Director of Special Ed Haruka Su, Special Ed Teacher Blanca Martinez, Early Childhood Educator Traci Glissman, Behaviorist

PRESCHOOL PROGRAM COMPONENTS Teacher collaboration with all programs Access to specialists – OT, Speech, Behaviorist, Counseling Student with disabilities learning with peers without disabilities Low cost preschool opportunity

DAILY STRUCTURE/ACTIVITIES Circle Time Imaginative Play Pre-academic Skills Gross/Fine Motor Activities Art School Readiness Skills Social Skills

SUCCESSES! All students with disabilities in the blended preschool program are planning to attend kindergarten in general education Students who are nonverbal are able to follow classroom routines and participate using PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System)

SUCCESSES! 2 out of the 7 students who were placed in the highly structured class for more intensive services have already transitioned into the blended program Half of the students in the blended program are typically developing Staff has documented huge growth in social interactions with peers and pre- academic skills

NEXT STEPS Add parent education classes on working with challenging behaviors to the program Adapt intensive speech program to have peers without disabilities Continue to collaborate with county-run program and strengthen inclusion of typically developing peer models

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