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Child Find Documents

Can be used to print and handout at school functions such as PTA, Open House, and Back to School Night. (Update each of the following)

• Child Find Poster - English
• Child Find Poster - Spanish
• Child Find Brochure - English
• Child Find Brochure - Spanish
• Child Find Postcard - English
• Child Find Postcard - Spanish
• Referral and Initial Evaluation - English

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.

Child Find 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
• Radio public service announcement describing Child Find
• Letter to physicians with Child Find information and to request referrals
• Letter to private schools to request referrals
• Letter to daycare centers and others with Child Find information and to request referrals
• Child Find Community Resources for LEAs HyperDoc
  • Community Resources Google Doc
  • Community Resources Accessible Version

Intra-District Correspondence, Forms, and Documents

• 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 
  • Campus Assurance Form PDF Version
  • Campus Assurance Form Google Form Version
• Form to document district administrator's assurance that Child Find orientation, training, and procedural overview have been completed for non-campus staff
  • Non-Campus Assurance Form PDF Version
  • Non-Campus Assurance Form Google Form Version
• Listing of roles and responsibilities of staff in Child Find, including all district personnel categories
• Child Find Parent Resource HyperDoc
  • Parent Resource Google Doc
  • Parent Resource Accessible Version

 

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

District Self-Evaluation Form

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

Protocol and Guidance for Referral Committees

•  The protocol document includes a checklist for gathering individual student data as well as a protocol for a student support team considering referral to special education evaluation. Also, an example of a log compliant with SPP 11 is available here.

Professional Development and Training available through Region 10 Education Service Center for Evaluation Staff

• Trainings for all evaluation staff – See workshop registration
• Trainings for Diagnosticians – See workshop registration
• Trainings for LSSPs – See workshop registration
• Trainings for SLPs – See workshop registration
• Trainings for Bilingual evaluators – See workshop registration
• On-Demand Trainings – See online registration

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Independent Evaluation Service Providers: 

Please note: The list is someone that contracts these services. Region 10 does not personally endorse anyone on the list but is passing the list on as a courtesy to LEAs that might need to fill a need. Please follow your local hiring procedures.  Please contact Keya Saleh for the list of IEE providers.