Atwater Park Center

Atwater Park Center Preschool and Childcare

Preschool · Ages 2–5

Atwater Park Center is a nonprofit early childhood program on Perlita Avenue in Atwater Village, licensed since February 1996 for 54 children, and it has served families since 1968. Its preschool and childcare programs take children aged about 2 to 5. The center offers full-day care with extended hours from 8 a.m., and a half-day preschool that runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; the full day runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The program is play-based, with a focus on creativity, problem solving, peer collaboration and communication. Occupational, physical and speech therapists work with children on site, and the center offers home-based and center-based services for families referred through the Regional Center system. Spanish is spoken among its languages. Families who pay for care are charged fixed service fees, while children referred by a Regional Center come at no fee. The center describes its community as including many cultures, languages and developmental abilities.

• A childcare center
• Licensed for 54 children
• State license 191800877
• Open Weekdays 8am–5pm
• Schedules: Full day; Half day

Early intervention for regional center clients

Early intervention · Up to age 5

Therapeutic educational services for young children who are regional center clients, delivered both at home and at the center. Home visit teachers work one on one with children and their families in their natural environment, and consulting occupational, physical and speech therapists work with children at the Center, communicating regularly with families and regional center service coordinators. The center describes this as wrap-around care for young children who need extra attention. APC is vendored with Eastern Los Angeles Regional Center and Lanterman Regional Center, so services are funded through the regional center; families are directed to contact their service coordinator with questions. Staff include Kate Crowley, consulting occupational therapist, and a bilingual English and Spanish lead teacher experienced with autism, speech delay and developmental delay. The same site runs an inclusive preschool for ages 2 to 5 in Atwater Village.

• Early intervention, Home visit teaching, Occupational therapy, Physical therapy and Speech therapy
• Kate Crowley, consulting occupational therapist and Carla Poole, birth to five developmental specialist
• Insurance: Regional center funded: vendored with a California regional center
• Where care happens: In the family’s home; At the clinic or office

• Activities: Early intervention, Occupational therapy, Speech therapy and Physical therapy