Charlotte County Public Schools

The Role of Child Find
 

• Helps to promote general public awareness of services available for children and youth who have or are at risk of developing disabilities.
• Assists in locating, identifying, and obtaining services for children who have or are at risk of developing disabilities
• Screens children and youth to determine if they need to be formally evaluated.
• Services preschool children 3-5 years of age (who have not yet entered Kindergarten in the public school setting) and Private school children ages 5-18 years old.

If you have concerns about a child's speaking, understanding, moving or playing, seeing, hearing, getting along with other children, learning or self-help skills, Child Find provides developmental screenings FREE OF CHARGE in the areas of communication, motor development, vision, hearing, and preschool readiness skills.

Resources

• Early Steps
• Early Learning Coalition
• Head Start / Early Head Start
• Children's Medical Service
• Charlotte County 2-1-1 Hotline Website — Health, Human Services, and Public Safety
• Bright Expectations