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Child Find: Identify, Locate, and Evaluate Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities

Learn about Child Find, a program to identify, locate, and evaluate infants and toddlers with disabilities in need of early intervention services. Coordinate with state agencies and referral sources for a comprehensive approach. Includes information on public awareness, referrals, and available services.

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Child Find: Identify, Locate, and Evaluate Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities

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  1. Child Find Did You Know… All Together Now! Pops of concern 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400

  2. What is to identify, locate, and evaluate all infants and toddlers with disabilities in need of early intervention in the State? This is the affirmative obligation of child find.

  3. What is the public awareness program? The campaign that each lead agency must conduct is called this.

  4. What is identify & locate all infants and toddlers with disabilities needing early intervention services in the State? Coordinating with all other major State efforts and agencies helps the lead agency do this.

  5. What are Indian infants & toddlers with disabilities residing on reservations geographically located in the State? We live on reservations.

  6. What is Part B of IDEA? Early intervention’s child find must be consistent with this part of IDEA.

  7. What areprimary referral sources? This group is a vital conduit of public awareness materials to parents.

  8. What is the SICC, the State Interagency Coordinating Council? This entity helps the lead agency coordinate child find efforts with other agencies.

  9. What are homeless babies & toddlers with disabilities? We may live in our cars.

  10. What isas soon as possibleafter identifying a child and in no case more than 7 days? This is the timeline for making a referral.

  11. What is “refer a baby or toddler to Part C” or “make a referral”? Public awareness materials include info on how to do this.

  12. What is the Part B program (or the State Education Agency responsible for administering Part B of IDEA)? The lead agency must coordinate child find efforts with this other IDEA-related entity.

  13. What are babies or toddlers with disabilities in foster care? We may be living with a family but not our parents.

  14. What are primary referral sources? Examples include physicians, parents, and health care providers.

  15. What is… • info about the availability of EI services; • info about the child find system and how to refer a child under 3 for an evaluation or EI services, and • the central directory? Public awareness materials must include these three things.

  16. What are … well, it’s a big list. Name 2 State efforts or programs with which the lead agency must coordinate its child find efforts.

  17. What are infants or toddlers who’ve been the subject of a substantiated case of child abuse or neglect? We are also of concern to child protective services.

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