Project Child Find

  Project Child Find is a program designed to comply with Public Law 94-142, the Education of All Handicapped Children Act. The goals of Project Child Find are:

-to locate and identify handicapped children, birth to twenty-one, living in Pittsburg County.

-to increase public awareness of our services for school age children.

- to assist local schools in assessing the need for future programs and in planning programs that will provide a free and appropriate education for all handicapped children.

  If you know of a handicapped child who does not attend school, call collect, Haileyville School, 297-2626 or Linda Timmons, 297-3049.

Public Notice

This notice is to inform parents of the child identification, location, screening, and evaluation activities to be conducted throughout the year by the local school district in coordination with Oklahoma State Department of Education. Personally identifiable information shall be collected and maintained in a confidential manner in carrying out the following activities:

Referral

Preschool children ages 3 through 5 and students enrolled in K-12 who are suspected of having disabilities which may require special and related services may be referred for screening and evaluation through the local schools. Local school districts and the Regional Education Service Centers coordinate with the SoonerStart Early Intervention Program in referrals for identification and evaluation of infants and toddlers who may be eligible for early intervention services from birth through 2 years of age or for special education and related services beginning at 3 years of age. The Oklahoma Areawide Service Information System (OASIS), through a toll free number (1-800-42-OASIS), also provides statewide information and referrals to local schools and other service providers.

Screening

Screening activities may include vision, hearing, and health. Other screening activities may include: review of records and educational history; interviews; observations; and specially developed readiness or educational screening instruments. The Regional Education Service Centers provide assistance and consultation to local schools in these efforts.

(1) Readiness Screening

Personally identifiable information is collected on all kindergarten students participating in schoolwide screening to assess readiness prior to entry into first grade. Results of the screening are made available to parents or legal guardians, teachers, and school administrators. No child shall be screened for readiness or evaluated without prior notice to the child's parent or legal guardian or whose parent or legal guardian has filed writtten objection with the local school district.

(2) Educational Screening

Educational screening includes accepted procedures for the identification of children who may have special learning needs and may be eligible for special education and related services in accordance with the Individuals with Disabilitites Education Act (IDEA). Each school district in the State provides educational screening. No child shall be educationally screened without prior notice to the child's parent or legal guardian or whose parent or legal guardian has filed written objection with the local school district.

• Educational screening is implemented for all first grade students each school year.
• Second through twelfth grade students shall be screened as needed or upon request of the parent, legal guardian, or teacher.
• Students entering the public school system from another state or from within the state without previous educational screening, shalll be educationally screened within 6 months from the date of such entry.

  Revised July 1, 1994 as amended by 70 O.S. Supp. 1994, 1210.82