Staff

Special Education Classroom Teacher- Tanya Zelwalk
Early Intervention Paraeducator- Kimberly Feinstein
Inclusion Helper- Nancy Riggio

Early Intervention Program

Regional Early Intervention classrooms (designed to meet the needs of students with moderate to severe delays in cognition, social interaction, communication, and behavior) are found throughout the county. North Bend is the regional site for the Early Intervention program for children whose home schools are North Bend Elementary, Jarrettsville Elementary, North Harford Elementary, Norrisville Elementary, and Youth’s Benefit Elementary schools. Our Early Intervention classroom is staffed with a special education teacher, a paraeducator, and currently one inclusion helper. The students (who are 3-5 years old) attend either an AM or a PM session for either 2, 3, or 4 days a week. While in school, the students also receive related services such as speech-language therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, vision or hearing services. The main goal of the Early Intervention program is to expose the students to pre-school curriculum and prepare them for the Kindergarten classroom.

Website Links

www.starfall.com – use this website for fun activities and interactive entertainment (related to the alphabet and pre-reading skills) to do with your child

www.mdecgateway.org – this website is an online resource for parents and providers with young children with disabilities, birth through 5 years of age.

www.friendsofthefamily.org – this website coordinates with and has links to Maryland’s community-based Support Centers.