The South Central Ohio Educational Service Center (SCOESC) preschool intervention program provides comprehensive preschool services for 3-5 year olds.

Services and eligibility for preschool children with special needs are determined through the multifactored evaluation process. Children that are referred must be screened, and/or evaluated and must qualify for those services. The evaluation process is initiated through the school district of residence.

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​Typically developing students serve as role models to our students with special needs. All students experience developmentally appropriate activities and we strive to have all students participate in the general curriculum and ready to achieve success in kindergarten. Typically developing students are accepted into our center-based classrooms by going through an application process.

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These services range from intervention center-based classrooms that address the individual needs of each child to services delivered to children with disabilities in the child’s natural environment.

 

These services are provided by a staff of certified early childhood intervention specialists, licensed speech/language pathologists, and physical and occupational therapists.

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Center-based classrooms are currently located at

• Bloom-Vernon Elementary

• East Portsmouth Elementary

• Eastern Elementary

• Fairland Elementary

• Minford Elementary

• Northwest Elementary

• Portsmouth Elementary

• Portsmouth West Elementary

• Stanton Elementary

• Valley Elementary