“So many students love the garden – not just those with visual impairments,” says Dennis. She started the Literacy Garden at Valleydale to give her students with visual impairments a space where they can have hands-on experiences to enhance their concept development and let them apply math and reading skills as well. Teacher Diana Dennis is in her second year at Valleydale but has taught children with visual impairments for more than 20 years. Valleydale Elementary School in Azusa offers a fully inclusive program for students with visual impairments that gets an extra boost of learning and fun from the school’s Literacy Garden. Inclusive options can be found at the elementary level as well. “This makes it possible to provide what each child needs.” Speech, occupational and behavioral therapies are also available at the school. Heartworks In Motion Affect-Literacy Based Curriculum feeds the development of all children whether or not they have challenges, including those in the gifted range,” says Lowery.
“We accomplish successful inclusive education using a specific curriculum created by DanaKae. Bonahoom brought along her passion for inclusion, and now the neighborhood preschool educates all students – ages 16 months to 4 years – together. Founder and co-director Sharon Lowery decided to expand the program to serve children with developmental disabilities, and brought on DanaKae Bonahoom as co-director.
Originally, SmartStart was not an inclusive program. There are many similarities in the way young children learn, and SmartStart Developmental Learning Center in Santa Monica finds those commonalities as it teaches students of all abilities. We take fun experiences and turn them into learning experiences.” “There’s plenty of time for pressures later in school. “Preschool should be a fun, safe environment for learning,” Shear says. He’s proud to say the preschool is a nurturing environment that offers small-group instruction and one-on-one support, providing an inclusive setting that can benefit all students. Alan Shear, an educator and administrator with decades of special-education experience, works with CBS Preschool to shape its program. Some schools provide this supportive environment beginning with the preschool years.Ĭongregation Beth Shalom in Santa Clarita recognizes that including children with a variety of abilities requires flexible policies, such as relaxing requirements for potty training, and CBS Preschool has trained staff to work with these children and make the facilities accessible to all learners.
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