Do You Have Concerns about Your Child's Development, Speech, and/or Language?
"Child Find" is the process of locating, identifying, and evaluating children with disabilities to ensure that they receive services to which they are entitled. Children who are suspected of having a disability can be referred for a possible evaluation at no cost to determine if they are eligible for special education services. Referrals of children with a suspected delay or disability can be made to your local education agency (school district).
Children participating in Tennessee Early Intervention System will have a transition meeting with your local education agency (school district) scheduled by the service coordinator
To make a developmental or speech/language referral with 老澳门六合彩 please contact the Preschool Assessment Team by completing this , or call 615-451-6352.
If you think your child between birth and 36 months (age 0 to 3 years) may have a disability and needs an evaluation, please call at 1-800-852-7157 to make a referral. TEIS will help families locate services for infants and toddlers with disabilities before the child reaches school age.
Eligibility
Early Childhood Special Education addresses individual needs within the context of developmentally appropriate early learning experiences including early literacy, math, play, and social areas. Preschool special education is a state and federally mandated program for children ages three through five who are experiencing challenges in their learning and development and meet eligibility criteria for special education and related services.
Every school district provides special education services to young children. Over 13,000 children in Tennessee receive individualized special education services each year as a part of IDEA 619 Preschool.
- Eligibility for children is determined by criteria that have been established by federal and state rules and regulations.
- Eligible children are entitled to a free and appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment.
- Each child with a disability has an Individualized Education Program, or IEP. Parents, teachers, therapists, and school administrators make up the IEP team and collaborate to write the IEP. The IEP lists the individual goals for the child and the services the child receives.
- A young child who is determined eligible for special education receives services in the least restrictive environment; children should be educated with non-disabled peers to the maximum extent appropriate. This may include a public school, Head Start, a community based child care setting, or the home as determined by the child's IEP team.
- Special education is not a place but a system of services and supports for children with disabilities.
SCS Continuum of Services
老澳门六合彩 Early Learning Department provides a continuum of services to meet the developmental needs of children ages 3-5 who have been identified with a disability that has an educational impact. This continuum of services allows us to provide special education services that are individualized to each student, in their least restrictive environment.
- On-Site Speech/Language Therapy
- Children with an identified speech impairment and/or language impairment may receive speech/language therapy services in small group sessions.
- Program Locations
- Beech Elementary
- Shalom Zone
- JW Wiseman Elementary
- Westmoreland Elementary
- Program Locations
- Children with an identified speech impairment and/or language impairment may receive speech/language therapy services in small group sessions.
- Integrated & Developmental Pre-Kindergarten Classrooms
- Integrated classrooms are a structured teaching environment where children with special needs receive their special education services in a regular education setting with typically developing peers. Developmental classrooms are structured to provide more intensive direct special education services and are considered a special education setting. These classrooms typically have 3-4 typically developing peers who help serve as social and language role models for our students with disabilities. Special education services provided within our pre-k classrooms are tailored to the specific needs of each student, therefore the days of attendance and lenth of their attendance varies based on the services they are receiving.
- Program Locations:
- Beech Elementary
- Benny Bills Elementary
- HB Williams Elementary
- Howard Elementary
- George Whitten Elementary
- Guild
- JW Wiseman Elementary
- Lakeside Park
- Millersville
- Nannie Berry Elementary
- Portland Gateview Elementary
- Station Camp Elementary
- Vena Stuart Elementary
- Westmoreland Elementary
- Program Locations:
- Integrated classrooms are a structured teaching environment where children with special needs receive their special education services in a regular education setting with typically developing peers. Developmental classrooms are structured to provide more intensive direct special education services and are considered a special education setting. These classrooms typically have 3-4 typically developing peers who help serve as social and language role models for our students with disabilities. Special education services provided within our pre-k classrooms are tailored to the specific needs of each student, therefore the days of attendance and lenth of their attendance varies based on the services they are receiving.
For additional questions, please call 615-451-6352.
If you have more questions, please contact your child鈥檚 teacher, principal, or Special Education Supervisor. Special Education Supervisors can be reached at the following:
| Mailing Address | Phone | ||
| Special Education | (615) 451-5414 | ||
| 老澳门六合彩 | or | ||
| 695 E. Main St. | (615) 451-5401 | ||
| Gallatin, TN 37066 |
The Department practices responsible inclusion, supports, and services in order to assure all students with disabilities can have their educational needs met in the least restrictive environment. Special education services and related services are provided to students with disabilities through consultation, inclusion, intervention, resource, Comprehensive Development Class (CDC), and therapeutic behavior support classrooms. This continuum of services is available for each student based on the IEP team decision to provide the services that allow for a Free and Appropriate Public Education.
School-Age (5-21) currently enrolled in SCS
If you suspect your school-age child currently enrolled in 老澳门六合彩 may have a disability and needs an evaluation, please contact your child's teacher or the School Psychologist at your child's school.
School-Age (5-21) currently enrolled in a Private or Home School
If you suspect your school-age child currently enrolled in a Private School or Home School may have a disability and needs an evaluation, please call (615) 451-5414 to make a referral.
Pre-Kindergarten (3-5)
If you suspect your pre-kindergarten child may have a disability, click here for more information.
Birth to 3 years old
If you think your child between birth and 36 months (age 0 to 3 years) may have a disability and needs an evaluation, please call at 1-800-852-7157 to make a referral. TEIS will help families locate services for infants and toddlers with disabilities before the child reaches school age.
Procedural Safeguards
Notice of Procedural Safeguards Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act Division of Special Populations and Student Support
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), the federal law concerning the education of students with disabilities, requires schools to provide parents of a child with a disability with a notice containing a full explanation of the procedural safeguards available under the IDEA, U.S. Department of Education regulations, and Tennessee law and regulations. This procedural safeguards notice includes a full explanation of all of the procedural safeguards available under 搂 300.148 (unilateral placement at private school at public expense), 搂搂 300.151 through 300.153 (state complaint procedures), 搂 300.300 (consent), 搂搂 300.502 through 300.503, 搂搂 300.505 through 300.518, and 搂搂 300.530 through 300.536 (procedural safeguards in Subpart E of the Part B regulations), and 搂搂 300.610 through 300.625 (confidentiality of information provisions in Subpart F).
Aviso de garant铆as procesales para personas con discapacidades
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Aviso de garant铆as procesales - 贰蝉辫补帽辞濒
To obtain special education records, please contact Rebecca Conley at the following:
| Mailing Address |
| Special Education Department |
| 老澳门六合彩 |
| 695 E. Main St. |
| Gallatin, TN 37066 |
| Phone |
| (615) 451-5414 |
| Fax |
| (615) 451-6563 |
| Rebecca Conley |