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Overview

The Jumpstart Placer County Office of Education Interagency Assessment Center (PCOE-IAC) is designed to provide a center-based, early intensive behavioral intervention for children referred by Alta California Regional Center (ACRC) who are at rick for an Autism Spectrum Disorder. This service is intended to serve students ranging in age from 20 to 36 months.

Serving a small group of 8-10 children per day, the instructional day is four hours long, five days per week. The instructional setting provides a high adult-to-child ratio, with access to a motor room and playground. This intensive program focuses on both individual and small-group instruction. It ensures both one-on-one structured group activities and playtime activities facilitating language development, motor development and social-emotional and behavioral growth and generalization of skills.

Information

Jumpstart Multidisciplinary Team

Support staff specialists work with program staff and parents to address each individual child's needs.

The team includes:

Administrator
Early Childhood Education Specialist
School Psychologist
Speech-Language Pathologist
Occupational Therapist
Behavior Specialist
School Nurse

Our intensive, comprehensive and multidisciplinary program is based on evidence-based best practices. We utilize current available research, theory and best practices from multiple disciplines educating children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).

Nathuralistic Intervention
Structured Play
Functional Communication
Sensory Integration
Motor Development
Social/Self-Help Skills
Visual Supports
Relationship-based Strategies
Antecedent Based Intervention (ABI)
Discrete Trail
Systematic Food Exploration

Staff Training

Staff continue to develop professional skills through attending conferences and participating in training opportunities through the Placer County SELPA and the Placer County Office of Education.

We Are Partners With Parents

We are Partners with Parents beginning with the referral from ACRC. Parents are actively involved in all aspects of the assessment process. The Jumpstart PCOE-IAC provides multiple opportunities for parents to expand the knowledge and skills necessary to raise a child with special needs.

The Jumpstart PCOE-IAC provides each child with on-going comprehensive assessment. This includes intensive instruction, observation and data gathering in one-to-one and small group settings. This data is used to systematically determine the most effective strategies for each child.

Parent Support

Staff specialists make monthly home visits to support the child in the home setting, the child's natural environment, demonstrating effective strategies and addressing specific family needs and interests.

The Education Specialist, Speech-Language Pathologist, Occupational Therapist, Behavior Specialist and School Psychologist also select, develop and oversee the strategies and methods used in the home training and support components of the Jumpstart PCOE-IAC program.

Basic training is provided to teach families how to use research-supported best practices strategies for fostering language development and social-emotional growth in the child's natural environments to develop and understanding of typical child development.

Parent Support Group

The group meets one time per month. Parents provide practical support and information for each other to successfully address the needs of their children. This group meeting also provides critical, updated information about community resources available to families.

Transition to Preschool

A series of coordinated transition activities are designed to assist the receiving school district in developing a comprehensive transition to appropriate services at the age of three. This may include opportunities for district staff to consult with Jumpstart PCOE-IAC staff and observe the child.

FAQ's

WHERE ARE DHH STUDENT LOCATIONS?

Students are taught in district general education settings, charter school programs, district special education programs, county special education programs, Home Hospital Instruction (HHI), or in the PCOE Regional DHH program.

DOES PCOE OFFER ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR THOSE WITH DISABILITIES?

PCOE has a department focused on providing a wide variety of assistive technology devices to help children excel on an academic and personal level. From adaptive desks to special computer software, we have the tools your child deserves.

I HAVE AN INFANT WITH A DISABILITY. DOES PCOE OFFER SUPPORT?

PCOE offers amazing support and services for infants with disabilities. Our team works with the family to establish the proper development of their child. Our relationship-based approach guides children and parents through normal everyday activities, and ensures they're ready for the next phase of development.

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Key Links

Sign Language Resource

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Infant Development Resource

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Quotations

"One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world"

-Malala Yousafzai

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