By: Angela Martinez Education Specialist - Early Childhood Programs Division of Performance and Accountability *****Coordinated Services***** Community Partnerships Matter Bureau of Indian Education FACE National 2012 Portland, Oregon

Purpose:  To provide an overview of Child Find  To provide strategies and techniques for developing successful: - Child Find events - Coordinated Service Plans - Memorandums of Understanding - Community Network Directories - FACE Information and Referral Process

What is Child Find?  Systems used by school districts and states to: - identify - locate - evaluate all children with disabilities, aged birth to 21, who are in need of early intervention or special education services. (Sec Child find.)

Target populations  Infants and Toddlers  Preschoolers (ages 3–5)  School-age children (6–16) who are suspected of having a disability even though they are advancing from grade to grade  Youth age 17–21 who have dropped out of school or who are at risk for dropping out  Highly mobile children with disabilities—migrant children, homeless children

Child Find Responsibilities Identify, Locate and Evaluate Children with Suspected Disabilities  State Education Agency  Develop comprehensive statewide plan  Coordinate services & delivery of free and appropriate public education (FAPE)  Monitor effectiveness of system  Report number of children eligible  Local Education Agency  Public awareness activities  Parental/Community Outreach  Effective Screening Methods  Pre-referral systems for At-Risk students, including optional early intervening services

 Conduct appropriate child find activities with school programs  Arrange for parents and children to get to Child Find locations  Coordinate with other outside entities and resources Child Find (Sec Child find.) Identify, Locate and Evaluate Children with Suspected Disabilities

DVD: Together We’re Better produced by the Hilton/Early Head Start Training Program in 2002

“Together We’re Better”  What stood out for you in the definitions of “teams”?  What were some of the themes that the families and service providers shared about their working together for infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families?  What examples did you hear or see of people working together to support the inclusion of infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families?

“Together We’re Better”  Are there any collaborative strategies that you have used in your work with community partners?  What ideas did you hear that might be helpful in your work with community team members?

“It takes a village to raise a child.”

Resources of Support Informal Systems of Support Formal Systems of Support  Informal systems of support are those that are free or are bartered – for example, “I do this for you and sometime you’ll do something for me.”  Formal systems of support are those that are paid for, often have set hours of operation, and involve professional service providers

How does FACE support Child Find?

Each child is provided appropriate screening (Child Find)  Ages & Stages Questionnaire (home-based)  Ages & Stages Questionnaire – Social Emotional (center-based, if needed)  Health Screening (vision & hearing)  Work Sampling System (center-based)

Coordinated Services Resources  Tribal Early Intervention Directors/Coordinators  *State Part C Coordinators ( ages birth – 2 yrs. old)  *State 619 Coordinators (3 yrs. old– 5 yrs. old) *Check for updates to contacts at NECTAC: National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center Click on Part C and/or Section 619 for your specific State.

National Directory State Part C, Infants and Toddlers (0-2 years old) State Part B, 619 Coordinators (3 years old – 5 years old)

Coordinated Services Plan

0. No Awareness 1. Awareness 2. Communication 3. Cooperation 4. Collaboration Service providers are not aware of other systems that provide services. Service providers are aware of other programs or services, but organize their own activities solely on the basis of their own program and make no effort to connect with other systems. Service providers actively share information and communicate on a formal basis. Service providers modify their own service planning to avoid service duplication, improve linkages, and develop policies and procedures to support cooperative efforts. Service providers jointly plan, share resources, conduct training, and address barriers that effect collaboration and quality services among service systems. Where are you in this matrix?

Thank-you