Please complete the following form to add your child to our list as a possible peer model during the 2026-2027 school year. Screenings are held at Kidder Elementary School.
What is a Peer Model?
Peer models are typically developing children three to five years old, selected to participate within the preschool program. While benefiting from the preschool experience, these children provide peer interaction and social motivation for the identified preschooler with a disability. Because all children learn not only from adults, but also from watching and interacting with other children, peer models are an integral part of the preschool program. Peer relationships are important for the social, communicative, and cognitive development of every child.
To provide quality services to our preschool children, it is necessary to charge families of our peer role models a tuition fee that will assist in the ongoing cost of the program along with the purchasing of consumable items used in the pre-kindergarten environment. Some of these consumable items may include snacks and cooking experiences, art supplies, paper products and special events.
Please note, this is a selective process. Therefore, your child is not guaranteed placement. Please have a community preschool alternative in place.