Russian American Academy

Established in 1963, Bal Swan Children's Center is a preschool with a 40 percent population of disabled children. The center provides early intervention therapies and education services for children with disabilities from infancy to five-years of age, that include occupational, physical and speech therapies, parenting skills and counseling support. The school s curriculum stresses pre-academic basics and incorporates arts and crafts, music, field trips and swimming in its warm-water therapy pool. The school s classroom has an equal mix of challenged toddlers with typical toddlers. Its class size is of six to seven students and focuses on facilitating overall developmental skills through routine play and interaction with peers. The school s teaching staff is comprised of an early childhood education specialist, a speech therapist and an occupational therapist. Bal Swan Children's Center is In Broomfield, Colo.

These founding mothers sought ways to pull their children out of isolation and into inclusion. They built more engagement opportunities for their children through education, creating work opportunities, and developing support by bringing together parents and friends throughout the state for assurance and guidance in the development of disabled children. It is the same work ACCO continues today.