This location provides an example of a series of Child Find activities that could be accomplished in a given year. It includes ideas and sequence for both required and recommended activities.
Click here to view a text copy of a calendar for Child Find Events
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Download needed Child Find public awareness materials from Region 10 ESC Review district personnel records to determine which employees have not received general orientation /training on Child Find Schedule and/or present training on Child Find orientation to new personnel Train new staff and/or update returning staff on local Child Find policies and procedures Distribute local special education referral process and service description to each teacher prior to start of school
Distribute Roles and Responsibilities for all district personnel regarding Child Find requirementsSend Memorandum regarding Child Find procedures to administrative secretaries, along with copies of procedures and child find business card Send memorandum to campus administrators with Campus Assurances Checklist regarding procedures and orientation requirements Send District Assurances Checklist to central office and auxiliary staff administrators for completion of procedures and orientation requirements Distribute Child Find information in first-day information packets that go home with students Ask to present Child Find information at next month’s school board meeting Contact day care centers, doctor’s offices, police, Head Start, ECI, homeless shelter, charter schools, private schools, home schools, and other community supports about Child Find procedures -
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Update system for tracking Child Find referrals.
Review Child Find items for current school year in Texas Education Agency compliance monitoring system document .
Ask to present Child Find information to local service organizations (Rotary, Lion's Club, Kiwanis).
Show video and give presentation at monthly school board meeting.
Place an article describing the Child Find referral process and name of LEA contact in each campus newsletter.
If applicable, notify local district programs for pregnant and parenting students of Child Find procedures.
Establish or reestablish contact with the local ECI program to network and discuss referral and communication procedures.
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Monitor system for tracking Child Find referrals.
Send follow-up copy of Campus Assurances Checklist (see August) to campus administrators who have not returned a completed form.
Send follow-up copy of District Assurances Checklist (see August) to administrators who have not returned a completed form.
Ask local media (radio stations, television stations, cable television provider) to run public service announcements on Child Find.
Present Child Find information to community service organizations (community bulletin boards, cable television, Rotary clubs, Kiwanis, Soroptomists).
Establish or reestablish contact with the local Head Start and other agencies that provide services to children and youth.
Review Child Find items from Texas Education Agency Standard Application System Budget Request Form Assurances sections for compliance for current school year.
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Update system for tracking Child Find referrals.
Contact local newspapers to request publication of Child Find awareness article.
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Monitor system for tracking Child Find referrals.
Document efforts to provide public service announcements through local media and articles in local newspapers.
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Update system for tracking Child Find referrals.
Review district personnel records to determine which employees have not received general orientation / training on Child Find.
Schedule and/or present training on Child Find to personnel hired since previous training.
Distribute Child Find information to each teacher.
Determine which campuses need additional brochures or other public awareness materials and distribute as needed.
Contact local public utility companies (telephone, electric, gas, or cable) and request inclusion of Child Find information in billing envelopes mailed to customers.
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Monitor system for tracking Child Find referrals.
Ask local media (radio stations, television stations, cable television provider) to run public service announcements on Child Find.
Review Child Find items from Texas Education Agency Standard Application System Budget Request Form (Assurances sections) for upcoming school year to determine if there are any changes to requirements.
Contact ECI and Head Start programs to obtain updated list of personnel, assignments, locations, and addresses.
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Update system for tracking Child Find referrals.
Contact local newspapers and request publication of Child Find awareness article.
Continue community service organization presentations.
Replenish supply of Child Find brochures, flyers, posters, and Rolodex cards in day care centers, homeless shelters, doctors' offices, and other community agencies and locations.
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Monitor system for tracking Child Find referrals.
Determine needed Child Find public awareness materials from Region 10 ESC.
Network with other agencies regarding Child Find referrals.
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Update system for tracking Child Find referrals.
Distribute Child Find information at Kindergarten Roundup, Prekindergarten and/or Head Start registrations, and Early Childhood screenings.
Conduct district Child Find Self-Evaluation.
Contact local public utility companies (telephone, electric, gas, or cable) and request inclusion of Child Find information in billing envelopes mailed to customers.
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Review system for tracking Child Find referrals.
Ask local media (radio stations, television stations, cable television provider) to run public service announcements about Child Find.
Complete district Child Find Self-Evaluation, review the evaluation to identify areas of need, and set goals for next school year.
Contact ECI, Head Start, and other agencies regarding summer referrals and communication procedures, especially if different from school-year procedures.
Report Child Find efforts and successes for the year to superintendent and school board.
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Modify system for tracking Child Find referrals as determined appropriate in June review.
Ask local newspapers to publish a Child Find awareness article.
Determine needed Child Find public awareness materials from Region 10 ESC.
Update district policies and procedures on Child Find, if needed.
Review Child Find items from Texas Education Agency Standard Application System Assurances for compliance for upcoming school year.
Review Child Find items from Texas Education Agency compliance monitoring system for upcoming school year.
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