{"id":2965,"date":"2023-09-26T15:03:14","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T21:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agapelearningcentre.ca\/?page_id=2965"},"modified":"2023-11-15T14:09:43","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T21:09:43","slug":"special-needs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/agapelearningcentre.ca\/prek\/special-needs\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Needs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Our Sensory Room is a wonderful addition to our program! This room is essential to provide and ensure a safe, non-threatening environment in order to calm or stimulate children through each of their senses. Many children need controlled environmental stimulation to engage in multi-sensory activities. The primary focus is to help children learn to relax, self-regulate, engage and communicate. At times, sensory signals do not get organized into appropriate responses in the brain. This can lead to difficulty in regulating emotional and behavioral responses or over\/under reactive responses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Pre-K and Kindergarten programs access funding through Alberta Education called Program Unit Funding (PUF)<\/strong>. The funding covers the cost of the additional Teacher assistance needed for a child to participate fully in our programs. The funding also covers speech and language therapy as well as other specialized resources needed to assist the child\u2019s development.<\/p>\n\n\n