Early Childhood

Early Learning Opportunity Centers

 The Doniphan County Education Cooperative provides opportunity for a free appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment for children ages 3 years through 5 years of age at one of our learning opportunity centers. For information or to find out if your child might qualify to attend one of these centers, please call: 

785-982-4204  

Doniphan County Education Cooperative #616

P.O. Box 399  ~  135 South Main  ~  Troy, Kansas 66087

Who:  Any Doniphan County child, ages 3-5, who has delays and qualifies in one of the following areas:

1) Speech / Language
2) Learning delay
3) Motor concerns
4) Personal / Social
5) Adaptive   
                                           
 When:  The program is offered Monday thru Thursday with A.M. and P.M. at both sites Transportation is provided. 
 
What:  A wide variety of activities designed to help children reach their full potential.
Speechcorrect sounds pulling words together to express thought, listening and following directions.
Learning – colors, numbers, alphabet, days of week, months of year.
Motor – coloring cutting, running skipping, jumping.
Personal / Social – group activities, making friends, sharing, turn taking.
Adaptive – using restroom, pouring activities, eating with the group, buttons, zippers and shoe lacing.
 

Teacher Directed ~ Therapist Directed ~ Learning Opportunities

To Whom:  Children who have been to a Child Find Clinic, who may have a delay in their development… which is determined by a developmental assessment.

 With Whom:  Should your child qualify, he/she would have the opportunity to learn and interact with other children his/her age.

Through Whom:   The Doniphan County Education Cooperative sponsoring Doniphan County’s three school districts.

Services provided by trained Early Childhood Special Educators and trained support staff:

ECSE Teachers

Speech Clinicians

Physical Therapist

Occupational Therapist

Because the sea is so wide and our boat is so small  Working together to make your child’s entrance into school a positive experience for all. 

Questions?

Please Call:  Doniphan County Education Cooperative #616

785-982-4204

 P.O. Box 399  ~  135 South Main  ~  Troy, Kansas 66087