A r c h i v e d  I n f o r m a t i o n

Description This is a comprehensive program of educational services intended to increase the verbal, perceptual, motor, and general cognitive skills of children with disabilities.

Unique features of the program include: The Interactive Teaching Process in which special education teachers, teacher aides and clinical team members provide diagnostic/prescriptive teaching, language intervention and positive reinforcement on a continual basis in the classroom; The Transdisciplinary Team Model through which team members train each other and share roles in assessment, intervention and consultation; Parent Involvement Model, which includes the parent volunteer system, parent group meetings and an individualized approach to parent participation. Replication Training in each or all components is available to any preschool program. Over 450 classroom sites have replicated the Regional Program Model or component of the model. Manuals describing each component are available at cost. One to three days of training are provided based on a needs assessment process with the training site.

Awareness materials are available at no cost. Visitors are welcome at program sites by appointment. Training is conducted at the program site or adopter site (travel, food, and lodging must be paid by adopter or cost-sharing may be negotiated with State Facilitators).

Contact

Carol S. Eagen, Supervisor, Preschool Program, Special Education Department, Putnam-Northern Westchester Board of Cooperative Educational Services, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598. (914) 962-2377.

Developmental Funding: USOE BEH, state, and local.
JDRP No. 81-6 (6/29/81)
Recertified (9/26/85)

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