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Child Find Project underway An effort called Project Child Find is underway in the Clay County area to identify children an youth ages 0 through 21 who have disabilities and need special education and other services. The local efforts to identify children and youth are part of a concentrated statewide effort to find children who need special help that they are not currently receiving. Project Child Find is also an endeavor to inform the parent(s) and/or guardian(s) of these children about services available from their local school system and other state and community agencies. Help is available for children with special needs. This help includes a complete evaluation, an individualized education program designed specifically for the child, and a referral to other agencies providing special services. Project Child Find is looking for children and youth who have been diagnosed or are suspected to have mental, physical, or emotional disabilities and are unable to benefit from a regular school program without special assistance. Your local Director for the Exceptional Children Program, Carol Arnold, and Superintendent of Schools, Scott Penland, encourage anyone who knows a child or youth who may have disabilities contact: the Superintendent, the exceptional children director, principal or the DPI's Exceptional Children Division. We need the help of all citizens in this effort to find children and youth who could benefit from special services. Without this help, a child with a disability may not be found. The right to a free appropriate public education is guaranteed to every child with a disability, ages 3-21. For more information, call Carol Arnold, Clay County Schools at (828)389-8513 or the Exceptional Children Division at
919)807-3969. Parent(s) or guardian(s) may call the toll-free Information and Referral Service/ CARE-LINE at 1-800- 662-7030 and ask for the Exceptional Children Division; or the Family Support Network at 1-800-TLC-0042.
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