Children's Services
The Children's Services department is committed to designing programs and services that support children during the part of their life that is well known to be the most critical learning years. The foundation for all future learning is built during the years that we have the privilege of working with your children.
We design services so that any child and family can participate in our Early Care and Education programs and receive the support they need to address their individual and family needs. At SPIN, Inc. we have Early Intervention, Child Care, PreK Counts Preschool Program, Head Start, and Early Head Start Programs where children come into our centers and attend anywhere from 2.5 hours to 55 hours per week based on their need. In addition, we provide support to other Child Care agencies and Preschool Programs to support the inclusion of children who have special education needs.
Below you will find a chart that will give you details on what types of programs we run, eligibility criteria, descriptions of the services we provide, the location of those programs and contact numbers.
| Program Title |
Ages |
Eligibility |
Services |
Location |
Early Intervention Services Phila. MRS
Denise Fong |
Birth - 3 |
Child has an IFSP through ChildLink |
Special Instruction, Physical Therapy, Speech Therapy, Occupational Therapy |
Home or Community |
Early Head Start
Marisol Nunez-Johnston |
Pregnancy - 3 |
Meets eligibility criteria from funding source & lives in 19124 zip code |
Home Visits and 6 Hour Infant-Toddler Center-based Program |
Child's Home or Frankford Campus |
Preschool Special Education Center-based (Elwyn)
NE - Karen Schaller
FRK - Rashim Lancit |
3- 5+ |
Child has an IEP through ELWYN SEEDS Program |
Special Instruction, Physical Therapy, Speech Therapy, Occupational Therapy |
Northeast Campus or
Frankford Campus |
Preschool Special Education Community (Elwyn)
Marylou Haughney |
3-5+ |
Child has an IEP through ELWYN SEEDS Program |
Special Instruction, Physical Therapy, Speech Therapy, Occupational Therapy |
SPIN Site, Community Preschool Program, Child's Home |
Head Start
Rashim Lancit |
3-5 |
Meets eligibility criteria from funding source |
5 hour Preschool Program |
Frankford Campus |
Pre-K Counts Preschool Program
Kathy DiKun |
3-5 |
Meets eligibility criteria from funding source |
10 month Program - 6 hours per day |
Northeast Campus |
Childcare
NE - Kathy DiKun
FRK - Teresa Thoman |
Birth-5 |
All children are eligible |
Child Care |
Northeast Campus or Frankford Campus |
Early Care and Education Program Designs
All of our programs, whether in the home, community or center based setting, are designed to support the achievement of outcomes for children and families. Through a team approach and the intentional planning of learning experiences for each child, family, classroom, or community program, we are able to deliver effective, high quality early care and education services. Our teams consist of families, highly qualified professionals, leadership and administration working in partnership to meet each child's needs. We voluntarily participate in opportunities for continuous improvement and are currently in the United Way "Success By 6" and the Keystone STARS program. If you want to learn more about either of these programs, visit the following web sites, http://www.usepa.org or www.pakeys.org.
For Families who would like additional information on the Early Care and Education of Children the following sites are available:
Opportunities for Parental Participation
We recognize the importance of the family as the child's first teacher through providing opportunities for families to participate in all aspects of our program. We invite the adults in each child's life to join their child in class, volunteer in the classroom or attend meetings where we discuss program activities and goals. We encourage all families to join the site advisory committee so that families, community members, and program leadership can share in the development of an excellent early care and education program.
For more information, please contact Kathy Mosley, Director of Education and Program Development at 215.612.7180 or email kmosley@spininc.org.
Opportunities for Field Work, Practicum, and Internships
Undergraduate and graduate students in a variety of social service disciplines (i.e. education, psychology, nursing, behavioral health, social work, speech pathology, occupational therapy, physical therapy, or other) are invited to apply to any of SPIN's early childhood programs to satisfy their field work, practicum, or internship requirements. For more information, please contact Judy Dotzman at 215.612.7127, or visit the Volunteers/Interns section of this website.
SPIN Children's Services, Northeast Campus
10541 Drummond Road
Philadelphia PA 19154-3886
215.613.1000
SPIN Children's Services, Frankford Campus
1616 Orthodox Street
1642 Orthodox Street
Philadelphia, PA 19124
215.281.3255
