Services from Child Find

[Anonymous]

Good morning moms. For those of you whose have kids in Child Find program, do you know how they identify our kids to levels of service? I mean how serious delay development of the kid is to get the preschool half day or full day or therapy only.
My 2 year old son is eligible for the program. I am waiting for the teacher 's call to schedule our next meeting to see which service he will get. He is currently in a regular preschool/daycare. Part of me want him to stay in this current preschool, another part of me hope he can join the preschool from Child Find.
Please give me your thoughts and experiences. Many thanks

[Anonymous]

A child would need to have a significant delay to qualify for services through child find. Private services are always best in addition to any service provided through child find.

[Anonymous]

What services a child qualifies for depends on the level of their disability, as well as the states' budget. All states have some version of Child Find, but some are more expansive than others.

[Anonymous]

In the jurisdictions I know about, child find preschool doesn't begin until age 3. At age 2, therapists would come to your child. Depending on jurisdiction, your child would need to be at least 25% behind in at least one domain.

[Anonymous]

OP here, we are in FF county. I know some kids join preschool before they are 3. They inform us about all the services he might get, of which is preschool option.
The test from ITC concludes that he is 25% development delayed. That is why he eligible for Child Find without any additional test.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here, we are in FF county. I know some kids join preschool before they are 3. They inform us about all the services he might get, of which is preschool option.
The test from ITC concludes that he is 25% development delayed. That is why he eligible for Child Find without any additional test.

Yes, my son has a November birthday and was offered preschool starting when he was 2 years 9 months (the September before he turned 3).

I wanted a preschool placement and they actually took my preference/thoughts into account. It helped that my son had been kicked out of a regular preschool earlier that year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here, we are in FF county. I know some kids join preschool before they are 3. They inform us about all the services he might get, of which is preschool option.
The test from ITC concludes that he is 25% development delayed. That is why he eligible for Child Find without any additional test.

Yes, my son has a November birthday and was offered preschool starting when he was 2 years 9 months (the September before he turned 3).

I wanted a preschool placement and they actually took my preference/thoughts into account. It helped that my son had been kicked out of a regular preschool earlier that year.

OP here, can i ask why was your son kicked out from the regular preschool?

[Anonymous]

My DS was also about 2 years 9 months when he started the FCPS special ed preschool. Because he was in the non-categorical program and not the Autism program, he only went half a day in the afternoon. The school bus picked him up at his private preschool/daycare for the afternoon program and then brought him back. Our private preschool/daycare had no issue with the pick up/drop off.

We had a great experience with the special ed preschool and I would strongly encourage you to do it if you've been offered a spot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DS was also about 2 years 9 months when he started the FCPS special ed preschool. Because he was in the non-categorical program and not the Autism program, he only went half a day in the afternoon. The school bus picked him up at his private preschool/daycare for the afternoon program and then brought him back. Our private preschool/daycare had no issue with the pick up/drop off.

We had a great experience with the special ed preschool and I would strongly encourage you to do it if you've been offered a spot.

OP here, Does he need a nap when he joins ECCB, the afternoon session? My son will be 2 years and 4 months by this September. He definitely needs a nap, so i dont think he can take the afternoon session.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here, we are in FF county. I know some kids join preschool before they are 3. They inform us about all the services he might get, of which is preschool option.
The test from ITC concludes that he is 25% development delayed. That is why he eligible for Child Find without any additional test.

Yes, my son has a November birthday and was offered preschool starting when he was 2 years 9 months (the September before he turned 3).

I wanted a preschool placement and they actually took my preference/thoughts into account. It helped that my son had been kicked out of a regular preschool earlier that year.

OP here, can i ask why was your son kicked out from the regular preschool?

He had a pretty significant speech delay and struggled with transitions. The preschool was not willing to be flexible in any way to help (picture schedule, warnings, set routine, etc.). They said he either needed a one-on-one or could not come back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DS was also about 2 years 9 months when he started the FCPS special ed preschool. Because he was in the non-categorical program and not the Autism program, he only went half a day in the afternoon. The school bus picked him up at his private preschool/daycare for the afternoon program and then brought him back. Our private preschool/daycare had no issue with the pick up/drop off.

We had a great experience with the special ed preschool and I would strongly encourage you to do it if you've been offered a spot.

OP here, Does he need a nap when he joins ECCB, the afternoon session? My son will be 2 years and 4 months by this September. He definitely needs a nap, so i dont think he can take the afternoon session.

yeah, that was tough. He was definitely still napping when he started. We tried adjusting the nap time but ended up putting him to bed at night later, getting him up later and letting him have a 1 hour nap after he came home. After a couple months, he gave up the nap completely. We didn't have a choice which session to put him in. The non-cat classroom was only in the afternoon.