Child Find, 2015-2016

Union

Child Find: All children with disabilities residing in the State, 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 disabilities, and who are in need of special education and related services, are identified, located, and evaluated and a practical method is developed and implemented to determine which children with disabilities are currently receiving needed special education and related services [IDEA 2004, § 612(a)(3)].

State and Local Child Find by Referral Source

These data reflect the number of children for whom the state and local education agencies were “notified” and/or referred in FFY 2015-2016. Below are the referral outcomes as reported in the Preschool Grant (May, 2016).

Number of Assessments Completed and the Percent Not Eligible

Comprehensive assessments / Not eligible / Percent not eligible / Speech assessments / Not eligible / Percent not eligible
LEA / 88 / 5 / 6% / 34 / 8 / 24%
State totals / 6533 / 694 / 11% / 4580 / 643 / 14%

These data reflect the number of children enrolled in special education on December 1, 2015 and April 1, 2016. These data do not include children enrolled in Kindergarten. The data below show how each age cohort contributes to the total group of preschool children identified and served by the state and the LEA.

Dec 1
NC / Percent
NC / Apr 1
NC / Percent
NC / Percent change
NC / Dec 1
LEA / Percent
LEA / Apr 1
LEA / Percent
LEA / Percent change
LEA
Age 3 / 4268 / 34% / 4145 / 27% / 88 / 37% / 86 / 30%
Age 4 / 6398 / 51% / 6699 / 43% / 108 / 46% / 126 / 43%
Age 5 / 1858 / 15% / 4616 / 30% / 40 / 17% / 79 / 27%
Total / 12524 / 100% / 15460 / 100% / 23% / 236 / 100% / 291 / 100% / 23%

NC Early Learning Network is a joint project of the NC Department Of Public Instruction, Office Of Early Learning
and UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute

Created December 2016