The district has annual or more frequent outreach and continuous liaison with those groups below from which promotion or transfer of students in need of special education may be expected, or which would include students in need of special education:
Screening The school district conducts screening for three and four year olds and for all children who are of age to enter kindergarten. Such screening is designed to review a child’s development and to assist in identification of those children who should be referred for an evaluation to determine eligibility for special education services.
Participation in the screening program for three and four year olds is optional on the part of the parents.
State Requirements
Federal Requirements
603 CMR 28.03(1)(d)
Rating:
Implemented
District Response Required:
No
CRITERION
NUMBER
Legal Standard
SE 17
Initiation of services at age three and Early Intervention transition procedures The school district encourages referrals from the Department of Public Health, other agencies, and individuals for young children when or before the child turns two-and-one-half years old in order to ensure continuity of services and to ensure the development and implementation of an IEP for eligible children by the date of the child's third birthday in accordance with federal requirements.
The district implements procedures to ensure the effective transition of young children with disabilities from Early Intervention Programs through participation in transition planning conferences arranged by such programs.