Current Date script
Special Education Special Education - Sub Heading

 

Child Find Documents

These text files can be opened in your word processing program and saved on your hard drive. You can then customize it with your program or district information.

 

 

Public Awareness and Referral Correspondence

These are examples of correspondence, including letters to medical personnel and community agencies, that help meet the requirement for actively pursuing the identification of eligible children.

 

Press release (newspaper article describing special education services) without letter

 

Press release (newspaper article describing special education services) with letter

 

Radio public service announcement describing Child Find

 

Flyer for distribution in public utility (phone, cable, gas, electric) company bills

 

Letter to physicians with Child Find information and to request referrals

 

Letter to day care centers and others with Child Find information and to request referrals

 

Letter to private schools and others with Child Find information and to request completion of district survey

 

Child Find Brochures

English

 

Spanish

 

Child Find Rolodex Card

 

Child Find Posters

Engish

 

Spanish

 

 

Intra-District Correspondence, Forms, and Documents

These are examples of correspondence, including letters to administrative secretaries and campus contacts that facilitate Child Find procedures. There are also Campus and District Assurance Checklists that provide documentation that Child Find procedures have been met throughout the district/program.

 

Letter to district administrative secretaries about their role in Child Find referrals and process

 

Letter to campus contacts about their role in Child Find referrals and process

 

Form to document campus (principal's) assurance that Child Find orientation, training, and procedural overview have been completed

 

Form to document district administrator's assurance that Child Find orientation, training, and procedural overview have been completed for non-campus staff

 

Listing of roles and responsibilities of staff in Child Find, including all district personnel categories

 

District Self-Evaluation form in two text files, with Part 1 - introduction and signature page, and Part 2 - questions for district response

 

 

Training Documents

 

Training Module with training overview, Child Find review of regulations, procedures for campus-level or district-level accounting, sign-in sheet, outline for note taking, and sample memorandum to secretaries or clerical staff

 

Viewing guide to accompany Region 10 Child Find overview video, including questions answered in the video and a list of various disabilities and some characteristics associated with each

 

 

Role Definition Example

This document describes a description of roles and responsibilities for all personnel involved in the Child Find effort.

 

 

District Self-Evaluation Form

This document is a sample form for conducting a review of your district's compliance with Child Find requirements.

 

 

Text Copy of Calendar - Child Find Events

Click here to view a text copy of a calendar for Child Find Events