At the bottom of the stairs, Whitson waited with a diploma, which she presented along with a hug to each of the boys. Kory and Justiss, wearing blue robes with mortar boards, walked down a set of steps to the applause of their family members. They graduated from the early intervention program and now they will go into a pre-K program we just started today."
They will have their own class here to get them ready for kindergarten. We thought we would set up a kindergarten readiness class for them. "We had 2- and 3-year-olds who had aged into the program in January and these guys are so much bigger and they are ready to do academic stuff. "When they turn 4 they would typically go into the pre-K program in the public schools," Sikes said. Jan Sikes, the executive director of Arts 'n Autism, said the program caters to 2- and 3-year-olds. This program is about developing school readiness skills." "With early intervention, we typically emphasize social skills, socialization, working on sharing, things like that. "Early intervention is extremely important for any child, but especially for a child with autism or other special needs," said teacher Maggie Whitson.
The name is an acronym representing the programs facets intervention, learning, engagement and advocacy. ILEAP is an early intervention program designed to help children with autism develop the social skills needed to be ready for pre-kindergarten programs in the public school system. The program's staff eventually gave a balloon to each boy, shortly before the boys received their ILEAP diploma. A cascade of blue balloons stretched to the ceiling, fascinating Kory Gulley and Justiss Moore. It was all about the balloons for two boys graduating from Arts 'n Autism's new pre-kindergarten program Thursday.
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