Slp-Preschool Asst.
CurrentBoys Town National Research Hospital’s Preschool Program is a five-day a week early childhood program providing comprehensive educational programming for children ages 3-5 years who are deaf or hard of hearing. Highly trained educators and specialists provide intensive differentiated instruction focused on developing listening and spoken language skills. The program is located in the Lied Learning and Technology Center.Acoustically appropriate classroom environments and therapy spaces with parent observation capability assist the early childhood deaf educators, art therapist, music therapist, counselors, speech-language pathologists and audiologists in partnering with families to ensure optimal outcomes. The Preschool Program provides a continuum of services, including listening and spoken language and sign-based instruction depending on the learning needs of the child. The preschool aims to develop the child’s many ways of experiencing the world by providing a range of small and large group activities focused on early literacy, writing, drama, art, music, math, movement and exploration.