Back to school 2013

We were all so excited for back to school in the fall!

Jacob was starting his pre-kindergarten year of school and was still in the PPCD program (Preschool Program for Children with Disabilities). We had planned on this meaning that just like the year before, Jacob would go to school for about 3 hours a day - the bus would pick him up around 12:15 and he would be home around 4pm. 

But on my birthday I got a call from Jacob's teacher that they were starting a new program called PPCD/Pre-K Inclusion. The plan was that all PPCD students who were 4 at the start of the school year (and therefore in their Pre-K year) would no longer be in the PPCD class, but they would be in a regular Pre-K in the morning and another one in the afternoon. They would have a regular (or mainstream) Pre-K teacher and parateacher, but they would also have one of the PPCD teachers in the classroom with them.

The point of the program is to help these kids, most of which have some serious communication problems as well as behavior issues, acclimate to a standard classroom and associate with normal peers. By having them be in a regular Pre-K class this year, hopefully that will give them more success when they start kindergarten the next year. It is a great program for Jacob and he loves going to school so we were super excited for him to have this chance. 

Here are Jacob 's first day of Pre-K pictures.