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Child Find
Williamson County in compliance with federal
and state law performs a countywide child find. Child find uses
screening to find students in both public school or private school located
in the geographic region, who may need special education services and
supports. There are two types of screening. The first is a
general screening of preschool age children throughout the school year.
These screenings are on-going throughout the school year and serve
preschool age children. The other kind of screening is only for school
age children. A child can be referred for screening by school
personnel, the family, and/or individuals in the county (physicians, child
care providers, etc.) This should be done any time it is
suspected that a child has a disability. Children can be screened for
the following areas:
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hearing
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vision
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communication skills
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social skills
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motor skills
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behavior/adaptive skills
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academic and pre-academic readiness skills
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general health and development
For further information please contact student
support services.
Gifted Child Find
Intellectual giftedness is found throughout
diverse populations and crosses all economic and cultural boundaries.
In order to identify all children and youth with high intellectual
potential, community residents and school personnel are encouraged to help
in this identification process. Each school has a team of professionals who
help identify children who may need assistance in the classroom. This
may include students with high academic achievement, creative thinking and
intelligence.
Systematic Grade Level Screening
In Tennessee, each district is required to
conduct a system-wide grade level screening in at least one elementary
grade. In Williamson County, the grade level screening is conducted in
fourth grade where data about every student is systematically reviewed.
A school screening team is suggested to include the current 4th
grade classroom teacher, the gifted education consulting teacher, school
psychologist, and school counselor. The purpose of the team is to
identify a pool of candidates for individual screening and to review
students who are determined to be at-risk. They may determine that no
individual screenings are necessary.
Individual screenings help determine if a
student is in need of gifted education services. When an individual
screening is determined to be appropriate, parental consent is needed.
At this stage, achievement testing, a gifted screening, and curriculum
testing may be administered. The outcome from this additional data may
indicate no further assessment is needed or a full evaluation is
recommended. When no further evaluation is indicated from the data,
the screening team completes a Response to Individual Screening which shares
results from the assessment data reviewed. Recommendations for
accommodations may be provided. When no further evaluation is
indicated, the results are sent to the parents
unless the parent requests a meeting to go over more detailed information
from the screening. When a full evaluation is recommended, a
GEIT
meeting is scheduled and the GEIT process followed.
Gifted Services
Student Support Services
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