SPACE COAST DISCOVERY INC

At Space Coast Early Intervention Center, we believe that every child of every ability deserves individualized instruction and benefits from inclusive classroom environments. Our unique inclusion program provides equal learning opportunities for all children, regardless of ability, to ensure they receive the academic and social skills needed to succeed in life. That moment when a child with Down Syndrome first begins to walk is a priceless time. The joy experienced by our staff and the child’s family on that day brightens our lives. A non-verbal elementary student with Autism begins to engage in conversation, and our hearts overflow. Since 1987, Space Coast Early Intervention Center’s purpose has been and continues to be the education of children with or without disabilities in an inclusion environment. At SCEIC, large classroom spaces, small student-to-teacher ratios, access to therapists and handicap accessible equipment are only a small part of what is provided to create individualized plans for each child to best fit his/her educational need. Typically developing and gifted students act as role models for those with disabilities in their classes, modeling behaviors and growing from the experiences presented within the inclusive classroom through mentoring, hands-on learning and peer interactions. Each child is able to learn at his/her own pace with unique goals based on individual abilities. At SCEIC, a not for profit preschool and kindergarten for children with and without special needs, we believe that children are more alike than they are different. We believe that students don’t have to fit into the program – we fit the program to match the needs of the child, and we believe that every child, of every ability, deserves individualized instruction and benefits from inclusive classroom environments.