Language Based Kindergarten Classes NEED INFO

[Guest guest]

Hi everyone,

If anyone out there has any information on Language Based Kindergarten

classes in New Jersey please forward it to me. The school system my son is in,

in

so many words suggested that he would be put in a Language Based Kindergarten

next Sept. and his services would be cut at least to a degree ie. speech and

ot . (I said to myself " NOT " ). However the IEP will be in May sometime so I

want to go armed and dangerous. Hopefully I will with your help. You can

email me privately as well at sedona508@...

Thank you in advance

Kim

[Guest guest]

Hi Kim,

Where in NJ do you live? I'm looking for my son also so perhaps I can share

a couple of the schools I have found.

Regards,

Janet

[Guest guest]

Hi, Kim -

Josh is in a language based kindergarten in Illinois - had been in language

based developmental pre-K for two years as well. The way it was described to us

at the time was that all the kids in the class have speech issues of one type or

another (actually several had apraxia, others had other speech issues). There

were two lead teachers in the pre-K - one was a SLP, the other was a special ed

teacher with " training " in speech issues. The SLP designed all the programs to

incorporate speech therapy methods so that the other teacher and the aides all

were reinforcing the methods being used in the therapy sessions - for the entire

time Josh was in school (2 1/2 hours daily in pre-K) - this was in addition to

the individual therapy sessions and group sessions with anywhere from two to

five other kids. The kindergarten is also, as I said, language based. The

special ed teacher has taught kids with speech issues (along with other issues)

for the last 20 years and is fantastic - the

SLP Josh now has does a individual sessions and group, then also designs

language/speech method components to different activities that the teacher has

planned - everything from math to science - so that the therapies are reinforced

all day long. Josh is exhausted everyday!

Just so you know - we had to really push for a definition of what " language

based classroom " meant - we still weren't happy with the definition we were

given until we went to observe and were very impressed. Good luck!

Sherry

sedona508@... wrote:

Hi everyone,

If anyone out there has any information on Language Based Kindergarten

classes in New Jersey please forward it to me. The school system my son is in,

in

so many words suggested that he would be put in a Language Based Kindergarten

next Sept. and his services would be cut at least to a degree ie. speech and

ot . (I said to myself " NOT " ). However the IEP will be in May sometime so I

want to go armed and dangerous. Hopefully I will with your help. You can

email me privately as well at sedona508@...

Thank you in advance

Kim