Child Find, 2016-2017 Washington 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 []. State and Local Child Find by Notification/Referral Source These data reflect the number of children for whom the state and local education agencies were “notified” and/or referred in FFY 2016-2017. Below are the referral outcomes as reported in the Preschool Grant (May, 2017). Number of Assessments Completed and the Percent Not Eligible Comprehensive Not Percent not Speech Not Percent not assessments eligible eligible assessments eligible eligible LEA 8 2 25% 7 1 14% State totals 7422 854 12% 5000 753 15% These data reflect the number of children enrolled in special education on December 1, 2016 and April 1, 2017. 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. Percent Percent Dec 1 Percent Apr 1 Percent Dec 1 Percent Apr 1 Percent change change NC NC NC NC LEA LEA LEA LEA NC LEA Age 3 4341 34% 4528 28% 7 39% 7 35% Age 4 6456 51% 6836 42% 5 28% 5 25% Age 5 1866 15% 4743 29% 6 33% 8 40% Total 12663 100% 16107 100% 27% 18 100% 20 100% 11%
Child Find, 2016-2017 Washington 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 []. State and Local Child Find by Notification/Referral Source These data reflect the number of children for whom the state and local education agencies were “notified” and/or referred in FFY 2016-2017. Below are the referral outcomes as reported in the Preschool Grant (May, 2017). Number of Assessments Completed and the Percent Not Eligible Comprehensive assessments Not eligible Percent not eligible Speech assessments Not eligible Percent not eligible LEA 8 2 25% 7 1 14% State totals 7422 854 12% 5000 753 15% These data reflect the number of children enrolled in special education on December 1, 2016 and April 1, 2017. 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 4341 34% 4528 28% 7 39% 7 35% Age 4 6456 51% 6836 42% 5 28% 5 25% Age 5 1866 15% 4743 29% 6 33% 8 40% Total 12663 100% 16107 100% 27% 18 100% 20 100% 11%
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