Special Education – Preschool

Individualized Hours

Bangor & Brewer Sites

Cactus Blossom – Junior Preschool (ages 3-4 with IEPs – general education setting)

Friendship Mountain – Half-day Preschool (ages 3-5 with IEPs – special education setting)

Ladybug Lane – Preschool (ages 3-5 with IEPs – special education setting)

Moonlight Meadow – Preschool (ages 4-5 with IEPs – general education setting)

Sunset Bay – Preschool (ages 3-5 with IEPs – special education setting – Bangor site)

Curriculum:  Success for All, Curiosity Corner

  • Frequent parent-teacher communication, including pictures during the day using Brightwheel
  • Learning social skills like turn taking, sharing, and identifying feelings in self and others
  • Specialists available on-site through UCP or outside referral: mental health counselors, speech therapists, behavior analysts, occupational therapists, physical therapists
  • Work on individualized goals based on educational, behavioral, developmental, or medical needs
  • Funding potentially available through Mainecare, Child Development Services, or your local school department (individualized hours and goals chosen by the team specific to each student!)
  • ABA methods are used to learn new skills; increase positive, adaptive behaviors; and decrease unsafe behaviors. ABA is science; it’s based on observation, data collection, and analysis.