Preschool is starting soon… and you’re worried that your child won’t succeed there.
She may be old enough to start school, but you feel like she’s just not ready for a big class. You notice that she doesn’t communicate clearly, play well with other kids, or seem to follow what’s going on. Other kids just “get it”, but yours is always a step behind.
Perhaps your child already went to nursery… and just couldn’t keep up. It should be easy to be three years old, but it was really hard for your kid. Morah reported that he didn’t participate or actively disrupted the classroom activities. He wouldn’t sing during davening and couldn’t repeat to you what he learned each day. When he came home, he threw temper tantrums and beat up the baby.
Your child is missing skills – and you don’t know where to begin. The school mentions an evaluation and tells you that your child needs support to return to the classroom. Perhaps you’ve already started looking into it on your own, certain that the misbehavior can’t just be blamed on your parenting.
You’re desperate for a fresh start this school year. But you don’t know how to get it.
Your kid deserves to succeed – in school, at home, and within the community. She deserves to feel competent and capable in her environment. Her days should be spent actively learning and growing rather than just “getting by”. The preschool years are too crucial to development to be wasted.
At Lighthouse Early Learning Center, a specialty school in Crown Heights, we make sure your child flourishes.
Our students come to school happily each day, confident that they belong in the classroom. They’re familiar with their daily routines, participate in activities, and interact meaningfully with peers.
Lighthouse ELC provides one-on-one services in a classroom setting. So your child can have the best of both worlds: individual interventions while experiencing group learning.
Your child is supported by an entire team. Licensed therapists (including ABA, occupational (OT), physical (PT) and speech) and special education teachers work closely together to develop an individual plan for each student, tracking goals to improve your child’s abilities.
If you’ve been looking for a school to provide quality care with a personal touch… you’ve found it!
Lighthouse ELC would love to have your child join our family.
To schedule your visit today, give us a call at 718-218-5528 ext 129 or email us at hadassahc@thelighthousech.com
And if you’re wondering, here are some questions that our parent body has had:
Is Lighthouse ELC a school for children with special needs? Does my child need a diagnosis to attend it?
Some of our students have a diagnosis such as ASD or ADHD, but that isn’t a requirement to attend. If your child can benefit from specialized services such as speech, OT, or PT, we can cater to their needs. We can also support you during the process of obtaining a neuropsychological evaluation, if desired.
I want my child to be together with typical children. I’m worried about the socializing he’ll have.
Appropriate “socializing” for a preschool child requires several different skills. These include: communication, including expressing their own desires and understanding nonverbal cues such as body language; listening and following directions; sharing and taking turns; recognizing and responding to others’ feelings, or empathy; problem solving and cooperation; regulating emotions such as disappointment; and understanding boundaries.
A child who is behind in any of these areas compared to his peers will struggle to interact appropriately with them.
At the preschool stage, rather than focusing on the end behavior (socializing), we want to make sure that each individual skill is up to age level. That way, the child will eventually be able to participate in social settings.
At Lighthouse ELC, we work individually with each child while also creating opportunities for inclusive play and engaging with a group of peers.
I want my child to be in a mainstream school. Can’t she get services there?
We founded our school specifically to provide comprehensive early intervention, with a whole team of professionals supporting the child.
For a child with delays of any kind, time is of the essence. The younger the child, the more lasting and effective interventions are. That’s because the brain is most pliable in the earliest years and is mostly formed by age 5.
We’ve seen what a difference early intervention makes to our students. After targeted therapeutic intervention, they are able to be integrated into a mainstream setting with minimal or no support.
Our therapists have also worked with children who were older when they started receiving services, and seeing progress can be more time consuming or challenging. It’s our belief and has been our experience that providing services earlier sets the child up for success later.
Do you have graduates? I don’t know anybody who’s sent their child here.
Lighthouse ELC was founded in 2022 and is proud to open its doors for the third consecutive school year. Give us a call to connect with one of our satisfied parents. They have been where you are right now, and they’re more than happy to share their experience and help you on your own journey.
Contact us today at 718-218-5528 ext 129 or email us at hadassahc@thelighthousech.com to schedule a time to meet.
I wish such a school existed when my son was in preschool. I’m so happy to see Crown Heights finally has a preschool like this! Wishing you much success this school year.