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Child Find

About Child Find

Child Find is a component of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA ’04) that requires PEAs to locate, identify, and evaluate all children with disabilities, aged birth through 21, located within their geographical boundaries who are in need of early intervention or special education services.

Child find applies to children who are:

  • Suspected of having a disability even though they are advancing from grade to grade
  • Highly mobile, such as migrant and homeless
  • Wards of the state
  • Private school students
  • Homeschool students

Click here to access the ADE Child Find website. 

Note: Charter schools identify, locate, and evaluate all children with disabilities within their population served who are in need of special education and related services.

Child Find Notice

It is the Madison School District’s responsibility to inform the general public and all parents within our boundaries of our responsibility to make available special education services for students with disabilities aged 3 through 15 years and how to access those services. In addition we have a responsibility to provide information regarding early intervention services for children birth through 2 years.

We are responsible for identifying, locating, and evaluating all children with disabilities including children aged 3 through 15 and for referring children from birth through 2 years of age to Arizona Early Intervention Program (AzEIP) for evaluation and appropriate services.

We are also responsible for providing a free and appropriate public education (FAPE), which includes special education and related services to children with disabilities at public expense, under public supervision and direction without charge to the parents.

For all new students to the district, the classroom teacher will complete screening activities within 45 days of enrollment. The teacher will look at the child’s ability in the areas of academics, vision, hearing, communication, social/emotional, and motor skills. If any concerns are noted, the child may be referred for additional help.

Children birth through 2 years of age who are receiving early intervention services and will be participating in preschool programs for children with disabilities will be assured of a smooth transition into that program.

If you have any concerns about a child you know, please contact Madison School District’s Student Services Department at (602) 664-7927 or the school in which those boundaries you reside.

Aviso, búsqueda de niños para educación especial

Es el deber del Distrito Escolar Madison informar al público en general y a todos los padres de familia, que residen dentro de nuestro distrito, sobre nuestra responsabilidad de hacer disponibles los servicios de educación especial para los estudiantes de 3 años de edad hasta los 21 y como tener acceso a esos servicios. Además tenemos la responsabilidad de proporcionar información sobre los servicios de intervención temprana para niños recién nacidos hasta los 2 años de edad.

Somos responsables de identificar, localizar y evaluar a todos los estudiantes de 3 años de edad hasta los 21 con incapacidades, y de referir a Arizona Early Intervention Program (AzEIP), un programa de intervención temprana del estado de Arizona, a niños recién nacidos hasta los 2 años de edad para evaluación y obtener los servicios apropiados.

También somos responsables de proporcionar una educación pública gratis y apropiada (FAPE), que incluye la educación especial y servicios relacionados para los estudiantes con incapacidades a costo público, bajo la supervisión y dirección pública sin cargo a los padres.

El maestro de la clase termina actividades de investigación de todos los nuevos estudiantes en los primeros 45 días después de la fecha de inscripción. El maestro observa la capacidad del estudiante en las áreas académicas, audiovisual, comunicación, estado social/emocional y habilidades de motor. Si el maestro observa falta de capacidad en alguna área el niño puede ser referido para obtener ayuda adicional.

A los niños recién nacidos hasta los 2 años de edad que reciben servicios de intervención temprana y participarán en los programas preescolares para niños con incapacidades se les asegurara una transición fácil a ese programa.

Si usted tiene algunas preocupaciones por un niño que usted conoce, por favor póngase en contacto con el departamento de educación especial del Distrito Escolar Madison (602) 664-7927 o llame a la escuela que le corresponde según su domicilio.

This is a custom app called Staff Directory Obfuscation that is present on the https://www.madisonaz.org/Page/230 page. Please work with your Implementation Consultant or join a Best Practice Workshop on how to add the content using Composer best practices.