1. Placement Options for Preschoolers in Chesterfield County
Victoria Harris and Susan Head
ECSE 672 – Preschool Internship
6/2/15

2. Head Start Preschool
Head Start is a federal program that promotes the school readiness of children ages 3 to 5 from low- income families by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development. Head Start programs provide comprehensive services to enrolled children and their families, which include health, nutrition, social, and other services determined to be necessary by family needs assessments. Head Start services are designed to be responsive to each child and family's ethnic, cultural, and linguistic heritage. Ten percent of families may exceed the income eligibility requirement and ten percent of student enrollment must be available to students with special needs.

3. Virginia Preschool Initiative
The purpose of the legislation was to serve 4-year-old children who are at-risk for school failure and not presently receiving service from the Head Start program. Each locality coordinates resources to serve the greatest number of 4-year-old children.

4. Title 1 Preschool
The program goal is to improve the teaching and learning of children in school with high poverty rates, and to provide learning opportunities that will allow students to meet challenging academic content and performance standards. Funded by Title 1 Part A for elementary and secondary education.

5. A.M. Davis Elementary School
Address: 415 South Providence Rd. North Chesterfield, Va 23236
Phone: (804)
VPI Preschool

6. Bellwood Elementary School
Address: 9536 Dawnshire Road; North Chesterfield, VA 23237
Phone: (804)
Title 1 and Head Start

7. Bensley Elementary School
Address: 6600 Strathmore Rd. Richmond, VA 23237
Phone: (804)
VPI and Head Start

8. Beulah Elementary School
Address: 4216 Beulah Rd. North Chesterfield, VA 23237
Phone: (804)
VPI

9. Chalkley Elementary School
Address: 3301 Turner Rd. Chesterfield, VA 23832
Phone: (804)
Title 1 and Head Start

10. Ettrick Elementary School
Address: Chesterfield Ave. Petersburg, VA 23803
Phone: (804)
Title 1 and Head Start

11. Falling Creek Elementary School
Address: 4800 Hopkins Rd. Richmond, VA 23234
Phone: (804)
Title 1, VPI and Head Start

12. Harrowgate Elementary School
Address: Harrowgate Rd. Chester 23831
Phone: (804)
VPI and Head Start

13. Hopkins Elementary School
Address: Hopkins Road; North Chesterfield, Virginia 23234
Phone: (804)
Head Start

14. Marguerite Christian Elementary School
Address: Woodsedge Rd. Colonial Heights, VA 23834
Phone: (804)
Head Start

15. Providence Elementary School
Address: W. Providence Rd. North Chesterfield, VA 23236
Phone: (804)
VPI

16. Reams Road Elementary School
Address: Reams Rd. North Chesterfield, VA 23236
Phone: (804)
Title 1 and VPI

17. Early Childhood Special Education Preschool (Part B of IDEA)
In CCPS, children in the ECSE program go to school 2 to 4 times per week. Wednesday is used for home visits which is why ECSE students do not attend school on Wednesdays. For CCPS, the maximum is 8 students within the classroom instructed by a lead teacher and instructional assistant. With VPI and Title 1 there can be a part-time ECSE program because of Speech Therapy and Occupational Therapy pullout.

18. ECE/ECSE
Bellwood Dawnshire Road; North Chesterfield, VA 23237; Phone: (804)
Chalkley Turner Rd. Chesterfield, VA 23832; Phone: (804)
Beulah Beulah Rd. North Chesterfield, VA 23237; Phone: (804)
Marguerite Christian Woodsedge Rd. Colonial Heights, VA 23834; Phone: (804)
Clover Hill Woodlake Village Pkwy, Midlothian, VA 23112; Phone:(804)
Curtis W Hundred Rd, Chester, VA 23831; Phone (804)
Alberta Smith Bailey Bridge Rd, Midlothian, VA 23112; Phone (804)
J.B. Watkins Coalfield Rd, Midlothian, VA 23114; Phone (804)

19. ECSE Enon - 2001 E Hundred Rd, Chester, VA 23836; (804) 530-5720
Gate Courthouse Rd, Chester, VA 23831; (804)
Hening -  Richmond, VA 23234; (804)
Hopkins Hopkins Road; North Chesterfield, Virginia 23234; (804)
Providence W. Providence Rd. North Chesterfield, VA 23236; (804)
Reams Reams Rd. North Chesterfield, VA 23236; (804)
Elizabeth Scott Beginners Trail Ln, Chester, VA 23836; (804)

20. ECE/Community-based Preschool
Inclusive placement opportunities with peers of the same age and without disabilites

21. ECE/Community-based Preschool
Redeemer Lutheran Preschool & Child Care Center
10211 Krause Rd, Chesterfield, VA (804)
The Goddard School
Good News Free Will Baptist Church Preschool
5200 Courthouse Rd, Chesterfield, VA (804)

22. ECE/Community-based Preschool
Primrose School of Swift Creek
4750 Brad McNeer Pkwy Midlothian, VA (804)
Primrose School of Midlothian at Waterford
13300 Tredegar Lake Pkwy Midlothian, VA (804)
Primrose School at Ironbridge Corner
11351 Iron Creek Rd Chester, VA (804)
Early preschool, preschool, and pre-kindergarten

23. Local Community-based Preschools
Will work with families to meet the needs of their child best way possible.
Very accommodating and will adapt to the needs of the child
Therapists
Diet
Educational plan
Good News Free Will Baptist Church Preschool
The director said that they are inclusive of special needs students to the extent they can be based on staffing and classroom ratios. She said in the past they have had children with autism and seizures. They are willing to work with families to meet the child's needs if they can. But because they are all tuition based they are somewhat limited. A personal aide would definitely help. 

24. Citation/References
Early Childhood Special Education. (n.d.). Retrieved June 2, 2015, from
Elementary | Chesterfield County Public Schools. (n.d.). Retrieved June 2, 2015, from
Virginia Department of Education. (2007). Planning guide: Inclusive placement opportunity for preschoolers, a systems approach to preschool inclusive practices. Richmond, VA: VDOE