The Golden Key Admissions Process
The Golden Key enrollment consideration process is a step-by-step approach that prevents families from being overwhelmed. The Golden Key understands that all students may or may not thrive in our program so a comprehensive approach to reviewing potential students occurs. We believe all children deserve the very best education and intervention, our school may not be right for every child, even if they meet the minimum requirements for scholarship eligibility category and age.
Step 1: Application Review
The Evaluation Team Report (ETR) Eligibility. Every child that attends the Key’s Preschool Intervention Program or School must have an eligibility that meets the requirements for the State of Ohio Autism or Jon Peterson Scholarships (categories 2-6 accepted only).
The ETR Eligibility is obtained by the school district of residence of the student. This eligibility is put into place by the team defined at the meetings. Teams include parents, Intervention Specialist, General Education Teacher and District Representative.
Following the ETR a student then receives an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) that outlines the goals and objectives of the students to meet the student.
When both of these documents are obtained from the school district both then are sent to the Enrollment Team to determine the fit for the student and family within the existing program.
Step 2: Tour
Every family is brought through the Center to see the program in action, while students are in session, to provide an understanding of what the Center does. This also provides a comfort to families to see the importance of communicating as a team. During this tour, families are able to meet with the Executive Director and/or the Principal.
During the tour it is required that the student being considered is brought with the guardian. While the guardian is touring and meeting with the administration the student will be observed along with peers by an intervention specialist. This allows our team to get a full picture of a student within our program and our existing students.
- Following this step, it is determined if the student will be accepted into the program or if further information is needed. If the determination is accepted families will be provided documents to complete steps 3 & 4.
Interested in enrolling your child?
Complete the following form and allow up to 5-7 business days for an email response for the next step in our Enrollment Consideration Process if your child has had an Evaluation Team Report (ETR).
