3864 Middlefield Road
Palo Alto 94306
Santa Clara County

Milestones Preschool is a developmentally based preschool for children with developmental disabilities and typically developing children, ages 2-5. The teacher to student ratio is one to five, and staff are trained and educated in Early Childhood Development.

Benefits of inclusive preschool include:

Typically Developing Children
- Learn to accept, respect, and be comfortable with individual differences
- Increase their abilities to help and teach all classmates
- Gain new abilities to express care, concern, and empathy.

Children With Special Needs
- Receive equal treatment and opportunities
- Enhance self-respect
- Interact with peer role models who facilitate communication.

Parents
- Learn about their own child's strengths and weaknesses
- Learn about normal development and observe typical behavior
- Develop connections with a larger group of families
- Identification and intervention of developmental delays not normally identified until elementary school.

Early Childhood Development Professionals
- Become aware of the importance of direct, individualized instruction
- Practice creative problem solving to address challenges.

Pre-K/Young 5 classes meet Monday through Thursday from 12:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.

Avril Landes
(650) 618-3325
avril@AbilitiesUnited.org