Bee Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 Oldest dd observed a young child being screened for pre-school and asked me why they do it. I'm not sure why but I'm guessing it has something to do with funds the program receives. Do pre-schools, like public schools, receive extra funds for children who need special services? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyof4ks Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 I don't know about other areas, but around here kids either have to be low income or the child has to be special needs in order to qualify for public preschool. All kids who are thought to be special needs go through a screening process. So basically if you pass you can't go to preschool lol. It is a joke here. My son was not talking at 3, but he was able to 'make sounds' so he did not qualify. I ended up helping him, but it would have been easier on him to have someone with some degree of knowledge of speech therapy to help us through it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momtoboys Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 DS #1 went to preschool at a private, Classical school. They screened all the preschoolers at the end of the school year. They had to meet certain qualifications to be considered ready for K. . .Not that they would be turned away if they didn't, but in that case, the teacher would have recommended to the parents to consider holding them back a year or working w/ the child over the summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfunnybunch Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 The purpose is probably to identify children with disabilities. It is a part of special education legislation, child-find programs to identify young children so that interventions and services can be put into place earlier rather than later for those children who need it. With many disabilities, the earlier the interventions are put into place the better the long-term outlook for the child. Though there is funding for early intervention programs, preschools don't screen children so that they can get extra money. It is often quite costly to provide services and equipment for children with special needs. Cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeekingSimplicity Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Around here preschool is only for special needs kids. When I brought my dd, who has an ld, up there to be screened, they wouldn't screen her tho. They said they could tell just by talking to her that she was too bright to get into pk. I guess there has to be a certain degree of disability for them to get in to pk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emilylou Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 We have public school pre K. The kids are eligible by lottery NOT income. I thought they were screening to judge skills to kinda even out the classes? Plus I do believe it was for early intervention for speech ect... ??? My dd goes to this program because it is free, and she needed a little more "guidance" socially than my DS. She will return home next fall to homeschool with her brother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionfamily1999 Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Here, because of the limited space, they only take kids that "need" pre-K in order to be ready for K. Older ds got in, because he decided to play puppy instead of letting them screen him :p I guess they figured a little boy that hides under the table and growls at people needed better social skills before he could handle Kindergarten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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