| Pre-School Support Service |
| The pre-school support service aims to promote
the optimum development of pre-school children with special educational
needs by providing home teaching and advisory support to children,
families, nursery/playgroup and schools, and liaise with other
professionals involved with these children.
Based
in Foyle View, the pre-school team consists of one teacher and one
learning support assistant. Home
visits can be on a weekly or fortnightly basis according to the amount
of other support that specific families are receiving.
As well as home visits, the team provides educational advice for
children who are in the process of receiving a statement of special
educational needs. The
number of children who received pre-school visits in the Derry area for
05/06 was 40. The number of children seen for educational advice only
was four. |