Annual Report 2009 - Developmental Center of the Ozarks

Early Child Care &
Education Program
DCO’s Early Child Care and
Education (ECCE) program is a
nationally accredited program,
licensed by the Bureau of Child
Care Learning to provide child
care services for children with and
without developmental disabilities,
as well as a vendor for the
Children’s Division.
The Early Child Care and
Education program offers a daily
classroom setting for infants and
children six weeks through six
years who require specialized
programs and therapies as well
as children who do not. The
classroom instruction is based
on a developmental model and
offers a wide variety of activities
including language stimulation,
motor development, self-help skill
development, learning centers, and
play activities. Trained staff and a
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full time nurse are supervised by
a professional coordinator with a
degree in education.
2009 Accomplishments
• All teachers either have or
obtaining minimum of a CDA
certificate
• Kitchen improved with
commercial dishwasher,
microwave, and drying racks
2010 Goals
• Increase enrollment by 10%
• Develop and implement
increased pre-academics and
school readiness curriculum
Up Close and
Personal
“ Dawson is
always excited
to go to
his school.”
Dawson loves going to DCO. He’s been at DCO since he
was 3 1/2 months old and he loves that everyone knows
him.
One day we were staying home because of inclement
weather and he came to me and said, “But I need to go to
my school today.” He is always excited to go to DCO and
that makes us excited.
~Amy H., Parent