Patterson Avenue Child Care

My son has attended PACCP for the last four years! When we adopted our son, he had a number of social/behavioral issues to overcome. Ms. Jeanna and the staff at PACCP came to my rescue and made our life much easier to transition into. I had almost a daily conference with Ms. Jeanna about his social growth, his eating habits (which were terrible), his health and anything else that pertained to the well being of my son. They bent over backwards to make my son's stay at PACCP healthy and socially enriching. They also prepared him academically for kindergarten.\r I was so impressed with his care at PACCP that I enrolled him to begin Kindergarten at Richmond Academy, which is the private school affiliated with Patterson Avenue Child Care.\r Today my son is going into the 3rd grade with a 504 plan and he is excelling. I attribute most of this to the exceptional care he received at PACCP at a most critical time in his life.\r THANK YOU PACCP!\r I know you want your child to be treated ?like other kids? but AS children are not like other kids and must be handled differently. I suggest you find a daycare that understands what special education children need? which is special handling. Pros: music, foreign language program, kindegarten preparation Cons: does not have the program or facilities for special education more

My experience at PACCP has been fabulous! I brought my oldest child here almost 4 years ago. She was loved, cared for, learned TONS and was part of the PACCP family. As a result, I brought my youngest daughter here -- never thinking twice about going to another school. As with both of my girls, they receive personal attention, are taught good values, and their learning is ahead of others their age. \r \r Whenever I had a question, the director spent time with me -- as she did with other parents. She gave excellent suggestions and was always candid and helpful. The other teachers were great as well, but you could always tell that Ms Jeanna had a special place in her heart for her ""kids"". Her patience and love truly shows through!!!\r \r I can wholeheartedly and without reservation, recommend PACCP to any parent who wants a fabulous preschool for his/her child. I assess people and organizations for a living -- this one gets an A+++++!!!!!! Pros: Staff, personal care, Christian values, great learning, family atmosphere more

At Patterson Avenue Child Care we have an open door policy and invite you to come in at any time to see our facility. Our goal is to make the time spent in our licensed facility a time of enrichment and learning. We strive to provide each child with an environment including Early Childhood Development, fun, warmth, security and knowing God as their personal friend. We invite your involvement and presence in our center as we help to develop the whole child and prepare them for the next level of education. We are a small daycare and therefore offer more one on one help as needed on an individual basis. \r \r We have five qualified teachers on staff and also have two seniors from the academy to assist the teachers as needed. We offer a variety of learning tools including Spanish and Music Classes. We have combined several curriculums to build our program; and in return eight of the nine children that graduated from our Pre-K Program are reading! We strive to make learning fun and our students are growing academically and becoming self-confident in their abilities. Pros: Teacher to student ratio is well above requirements. Children grow academically and spiritually. Easy accessible from 195, between Malvern and Hamilton on Patterson Ave. Cons: Being a small child care facility they cannot accomodate all children with special needs. more

My 3 year old went there 3 months.He is much like kids his age, but may have Asberger's. His big issues are transitions. Accommodations are simple, and he is a delightful boy with high intelligence. His teachers adore him and we never had issues with his old daycare with no accomodations. I tried many times to communicate simple things you can do most of which involve proper supervision.\r The director has reported his ""rudeness"" a typical misunderstanding of AS kids, ""pushing and biting"" each time it seems usually involve an older child, teasing and taunting to set him off, or an event on the play ground with poor supervision - usually teenagers. I have had issues with rude and dismissive behavior from the director any time I requested things that could be done simply to help my son transition and adjust.\r After some notes like ""wouldn't participate"" in singing and activities and reports of biting and hitting (which he doesn't do elsewhere, so I assume that he is being left to his own defenses on the playground from what I am seeing with older kids taunting or setting him off) I gave the director a nice letter printed from a AS Parent site explaining some typical behavior, and simplle adjustments mostly patience and understanding . I highlighted things that may be typical for my son to be helpful. This morning I got a long nasty note from her and a threat that we would need to find new daycare. Obvious discrimination. We do not have these issues at school, where he is being properly supervised. The diector said she didn't ""have time to speak with me"", and that she has ""bent over backwards to keep him from having a melt down"" and they are not set up for ""special needs"" , Wouldn't you expect that any caregiver treat your child with any special condersideration? All children are unique and have their own special needs. \r I told her that I thought it was a ""christian"" daycare and that ""these were not christian values"" \r I am shocked at the way we were treated. Pros: close and cheap, now I know why Cons: rude director, poor supervision by teens, uneducated, inappropriate more