Topics for training/support may include: information on parental rights/advocacy, health concerns, working with behavioral challenges, and child development.Īs an approved evaluation site, the BELC provides multidisciplinary evaluations to preschool students who present with concerns related to their development.
There are also parent councils at both centers that meet throughout the school year. Our teaching and social services staff encourage the involvement of parents, guardians and caregivers, and offer support groups, individual support, educational workshops, and team and individual meetings regarding their child’s progress, preparation for the transition to school age services, and special events at our early learning center. The BELC is accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and licensed through the New York City Department of Health/Mental Health Bureau of Child Care. Every student at the school also receives a wholesome breakfast, lunch and snack daily-at no cost to families-through the New York State Education Department breakfast and lunch program. It is approved by the New York State Education Department and is under contract with the New York City Department of Education as an Interim Alternate Bilingual Program (IABP), providing bilingual speech therapy services, classroom staff and multidisciplinary evaluators to serve students and families whose primary language is Spanish. The BELC offers instructional and therapeutic services provided by New York State-certified and licensed teachers, teacher assistants and related services providers.
There is also a full-time nurse and two social workers. Students are placed in classrooms based on their developmental needs. In addition to special education services, on-site speech, occupational and physical therapy, and counseling is offered for children in need of such interventions. The Bronx Early Learning Center (BELC) is a vibrant, 22-classroom preschool special education program for children between the ages of 2.9 and 5 years who have developmental delays or disabilities, many on the autism spectrum.
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