Child Find - Disability Screening Ages 2- 21
A component of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA 2004)
Child Find is a component of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA 2004), that requires Public Education Agencies to locate, identify and evaluate all children with disabilities aged birth through 21, located within their geographic boundaries who are in need of early intervention or special education services.
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and its implementing regulations require that all children with disabilities who are in need of special education and related services, regardless of the severity of their disability, are identified, located, and evaluated. [20 U.S.C. § 1412(a)(3); 34 C.F.R. § 300.111(a)]
*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 families
- Wards of the State
- Private school students
- Home school students
The regulations that implement the IDEA require each State to have policies and procedures to ensure that “all children with disabilities . . . including children with disabilities who are homeless children or are wards of the State, and children with disabilities attending private schools, regardless of the severity of their disability, and who are in need of special education and related services, are identified, located and evaluated.” [34 C.F.R. § 300.111(a)(i)] In Arizona, each public education agency must have written procedures for the identification and referral of all children with disabilities within its boundaries of responsibility, including children with disabilities attending private schools and those who are home schooled. [A.A.C. R7-2-401(D)(1)]
Your public school district of residence (the school district assigned for your household to attend based on where you live) provides services in compliance with the IDEA. Please click on your school district below for more information:
Apache Junction Unified School District #43
Casa Grande Elementary School District # 4
Coolidge Unified School District #21
Eloy Elementary School District #11
Florence Unified School District #1
J.O. Combs Unified School District #44
Mammoth - San Manuel Unified School District #8
Maricopa unified School District #20
Oracle unified School District #2
Picacho Elementary School District #33
Ray Unified School District #3
Red Rock Elementary School District #5
Sacaton Elementary School District # 18
Stanfield Elementary School District # 24