Special Education :: Early Childhood Screening

Child Find is an on-going process of identifying, locating and evaluating the needs of children and providing services to meet individual and unique needs.  The early childhood screening process includes:

.  brief background history

.  speech and language screening

.  developmental screening in the areas of motor,

   concepts and language   

Early Childhood Screenings for children ages 3-5 are scheduled by appointment at the MISD Special Education Department, 1016 Magnolia St. Mansfield, TX, 76063. For more information about the screening process, contact Sandy Sandoval at 817-299-4300.

Early Childhood Intervention Transition Meetings

To Register, please call 817-299-4300

Busqueda Del Niños

El busqueda del niños es un proceso en curso de identificar, localizar y evaluar las necesidades de niños y de proporcionar servicios para resolver necesidades individuales y únicas. El proceso de investigar la niñez temprana incluye:

.   breve historia del fondo

.   investigación del lenguaje y del habla

.   investigación del desarollo motriz, la cognicion, y el         

    Lenguaje

Las investigaciones de la niñez temprana para las edades de los niños 3-5 estan hechas por cita en el departamento de la educación especial de MISD, 1016  Magnolia, Mansfield, TX, 76063. Para más información sobre el proceso de investigación, favor de llamar a Sandy Sandoval al 817-299-4300.

Child Find

“Child Find” is a requirement of both federal and state law.  It mandates that each school district will locate, identify and evaluate, at no cost to the family, all students, from birth to 21, who are suspected of having a disability.  The Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) list and defines thirteen disabilities.  They are: autism, deaf-blindness, auditory Impairment, emotional disturbance, mental retardation, multiple disabilities, orthopedic impairment, other health impairment, learning disability, speech impairment, traumatic brain injury, visual impairment and non-categorical early childhood.

Children ages 0-3, are referred to Early Childhood Intervention of Tarrant County.  The referral number is 817-569-5200.

Children ages 3-21, who reside within the boundaries of Mansfield ISD, are referred to the Special Education Department of MISD at 817-299-4300.

Mansfield ISD provides special education services to children who have, or are suspected of having a disability.  Special education services are available to children with disabilities, ages 3 through 21.  Children who have impaired vision or hearing can receive services from birth through age 21.

Mansfield ISD also provides services to students with disabilities who attend a private or home school located within the boundaries of Mansfield ISD, regardless of the child’s place of residence.  Educational services to these students are provided under Mansfield ISD’s Private School Plan.  Additionally, Mansfield ISD provides services to students with disabilities who are placed in a foster home or other residential facility within the district’s geographic boundaries.

If your child attends public, private or a home school in Mansfield ISD or if you know of a child residing in a foster home or other residential facility within Mansfield ISD and you believe the child has or may have a disability, please contact one of our campuses.  You may also contact the Special Education Department at 817-299-4300.  Mansfield ISD staff will work with you to ensure that every child receives an appropriate evaluation; determine which children have a disability that qualifies for services. Services are offered to all children free of charge.

The Mansfield ISD Special Education Department is now offering regularly scheduled pre-school screenings.  These developmental screenings are for children ages 3-5 who are not currently enrolled in school.  The following developmental areas are addressed for each child: motor, concepts, language, self-help, social development, vision and hearing.  If you have any concerns about your pre-schooler’s development please contact: Sandy Sandoval at 817-299-4300 to schedule an appointment