August, Denise Forrest, Coordinator

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August, 2012

Denise Forrest, Coordinator

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Purpose of Early Childhood

Identification & Services (ECID&S)

• To identify children with potential special education needs who require support to access their education

• To provide required educational services to children eligible for special education

services

• To educate the community about child

development and the importance of early

intervention

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Who does ECID&S serve?

We screen children ages 20* months to 5 years old who are Fairfax County or Fairfax City residents.

Special education services are provided to children ages 2*

to 5 who have been identified as having a significant developmental delay in one or more of the following areas:

• Speech/language

• Fine and/or gross motor

• Social/emotional

• Vision

• Hearing

*children must turn 2 no later than

September 30

^th

of the current school year.

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Assessment, Instructional, and Supporting Staff

Early Childhood Assessment Teams (ECAT) Early Childhood Resource Teachers (ECR) Early Childhood Classbased Teachers (ECCB)

Preschool Autism Class Teachers (PAC)

Early Childhood Hearing Impaired program Teachers

Early Childhood Paraprofessionals (IA)

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Identification

often referred to as Child Find

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Who’s Doing the Identifying?

Early Childhood Assessment Teams (ECAT) Psychologists, Social Workers, Educational

Diagnosticians, and Audiologists

Responsible for the identification of students who may require special education

8 Assessment Teams:

• 3 at Dunn Loring

• 3 at Virginia Hills

• 2 at Rocky Run

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Referral to Child Find for Screening

• Parent calls to one of the Assessment sites

• Parent gives demographic information to Administrative Assistant

• Intake Coordinator calls back the parent to begin to gather information

• Intake Coordinator and family create

plan of recommended action

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• no further follow up with parent required at this time

• providing informational handouts or referrals to community resources

• suggestions for parents to attend one time topic workshops

• scheduling and conducting developmental screening

• proceeding directly to Local Screening Committee for referral for developmental assessment

Plan of Recommended Action:

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Developmental Assessment

• Assessments as recommended by the Local Screening Committee

• Assessments in a variety of areas of development including:

achievement testing, developmental assessment, fine and gross motor evaluation, speech and language evaluation, social skills and behavioral assessment, adaptive skills assessment, audiological assessment, and social case history evaluation

• Parent interpretive conferences can be held to explain testing results

• Eligibility Committee Meeting is conducted to

determine if a child requires special education

services

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If the child requires special services

• Early Childhood Curriculum Specialist sends information to a preschool special education teaching team

• A teacher calls and coordinates the facilitation of an Individualized Education Program (IEP)

meeting

• IEP is developed with parents

• IEP is implemented

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Early Childhood

Special Education Instructional Teams

Responsible for development, delivery, and evaluation of

instructional program for students with identified special needs

Early Childhood Resource Teachers (ECR)

Approximately 55 ECR teachers who use Dunn Loring, Virginia Hills, Rocky Run or other school and community preschool sites as their office location

Early Childhood Classbased Teachers (ECCB)

Approximately 150 ECCB teachers at 48 sites

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Early Childhood

Special Education Instructional Teams (continued)

PAC (Preschool Autism Class) Teachers

Work in elementary schools with students identified with Autism 43 teachers at 26 sites

Program for children with Hearing Impairment

Work in elementary school with students identified with a hearing impairment

Approximately 5 teachers

Early Childhood Paraprofessionals

Work with ECCB or PAC teachers

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Early Childhood Resource Services (ECR)

• Provided in the home, community preschool,

FECEP/Head Start or other child care location in Fairfax County

• Services provided by ECR teacher or ECCB teacher

• Services provided based on the needs of the

student

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Early Childhood Classbased Services (ECCB)

• Provided in an elementary school self- contained classroom

• Up to five days a week

• Typically half days

• Home visits may be provided on an as

needed basis

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Early Childhood Preschool Autism Classes (PAC)

• Full day class

• A teacher and two instructional assistants

• Applied Behavior Analysis/Verbal Behavior emphasis

• Children who are on the autism spectrum continuum with a need for intensive level of service