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By pjm

Here are some of the things we do....
when a child finishes k and is identified as an at risk child we invite them to:
Jump Start into 1st grade. We have a 4 week program that is the last 2 weeks of July and 1st 2
weeks of Ausust. It is mornings only and we have small groups of children working on skills that they need to be successful in 1st grade.
1st grade
All of our 1st grade classes are capped at 20. Likewise K is kept small. We have a pull out reading support program for the kids who are struggling....these kids are in groups of 1, 2 or 3 for an extra half hour of reading support daily.
We

have a reading teacher who works with at risk kids 2 - 4.

We have 2 overflow teachers who work with 2nd and 3rd graders only. She doesn't have her own classroom of kids, she goes into the classroom and offers extra support for kids who need it or she pulls out kids out in small groups for extra support or she also does pre-teaching of the concepts to kids so when they are with the whole group they are having successes in the class.

We also have "TEAM" which I'm sure many schools have. You can bring your at risk child to team with all your concerns and the group (made up of special ed teachers, counselors, social workers and speech consultans along with the principal) offer suggestions or alternatives to teaching/reaching that at risk child. Our team meets each Monday. If all suggestions fail the teacher comes back to team and we may at that time do some formal or informal testing to see if the child needs special ed services.

I too am looking forward to seeing what other schools do.