Child Find: Other Services
Community Outreach Services of Preschool Child Find
Preschool Child Find not only provides services
to families who have identified specific concerns
about their children, but also serves a proactive
role in the community. To that end, Preschool
Child Find performs the following community services:
- Increasing
community awareness of early identification
of handicapping conditions and the importance
of early intervention
- Informing the public
of special education services
- Ensuring that
all information is provided in a variety
of native languages or modes
of communication.
Liaisons to Local
Preschools and Day Care Centers
One of the most important functions that Preschool
Child Find staff provide is as a resource to local
preschools in the Fairfax County community. Preschool
Child Find staff make a concerted effort to identify
all preschools, day care centers, and Family and
Early Childhood Education Programs (FECEP) in the
area. Once identified, the preschool is assigned
a Preschool Child Find staff member who may provide
any of the following services:
- Conducting
staff observations of children about whom both
the staff
and parents have concerns Note: Preschool Child
Find does not conduct observations of children
without written parental consent.
- Providing information about Preschool Child Find
and related services.
- Providing inservice
presentations to preschool staff and workshops
to preschool parents.
Preschool Social Work Services
Social Workers
assigned to the preschool program are available
to provide the following services:
- Support
of teachers
- Interagency collaboration
- Infant and Toddler Connection
- Child Protective Services
- Department of Family Services
- Private providers and agencies
- Training and education
- In-service for new teachers
- Monthly preschool parenting series
- Specific information on Child Find
- Direct intervention with families
- Short term parenting intervention and crises
management
- Referrals
to mental
health/behavioral
therapists
- Assistance
in
accessing community
resources
- Support
for
children
transitioning
from
Infant
Toddler
Connection
and to kindergarten
Click here if you are a new preschool/day care center and/or do not have a Preschool
Child Find liaison.
Click here to
see a list of presentations Preschool Child Find
staff have presented.
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