Child Find and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Legal Obligations and Practical Implications

Autor/in	McGinnis, Anne M.
Titel	Child Find and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Legal Obligations and Practical Implications
Quelle	In: Communique, 50 (2022) 6, S.1 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0164-775X
Schlagwörter	Educational Legislation; Equal Education; Federal Legislation; Students with Disabilities; Disability Identification; COVID-19; Pandemics; Special Education; Legal Responsibility; Student Needs; Response to Intervention; Positive Behavior Supports + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Bundesrecht; Student; Students; Disability; Disabilities; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Behinderung; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Strafmündigkeit
Abstract	The COVID-19 pandemic has complicated the identification and delivery of special education services for students across the United States. Many students, regardless of previous disability status, are demonstrating increased academic, social-emotional, and medical needs in school in response to instructional disruptions and other impacts of the pandemic. While schools grapple with supporting these increased needs, they must also be mindful of complying with child find, which requires school districts to identify, locate, and evaluate all students who may have disabilities and as a result of those disabilities, may require special education or Section 504 accommodations. Child find is a duty of school districts and other state and local educational agencies (LEAs) that receive funding under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to identify, locate, and evaluate all children who may have disabilities and who may need special education or related services. Child find requires schools to refer students suspected of having disabilities for special education evaluations, which are conducted after receipt of parental consent. This article summarizes the basic requirements of child find and connects those requirements to supporting evolving student needs as a result of COVID-19. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Association of School Psychologists. 4340 East West Highway Suite 402, Bethesda, MD 20814. Tel: 301-657-0270; Fax: 301-657-0275; e-mail: publications@naspweb.org; Web site: http://www.nasponline.org/publications/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01