Special Education in Washington State
Tools, information, and resources for you, as a parent/caregiver of a child with disabilities and/or special health care needs, and for youth with and without disabilities.
Child Find is a federal program to help determine if your child has a disability and help provide appropriate services.
Parents who suspect that their child (ages birth to 21 years) may have a disability or have concerns about their child's development should contact our Child Find program. Children can be evaluated to determine if they have a disability or developmental delay and are eligible for special education or Section 504 services. Referrals are accepted from any source within or outside the school district.
District professionals will screen all referrals to determine whether an evaluation is needed and provide an assessment report. The assessment report shall include the child's educational performance, including strengths and weaknesses, a summary of standardized test data, attendance information, and samples of classroom performance. Other information, such as medical, psychological, speech/language, OT/PT, audiological, developmental, vision, etc., should be obtained where appropriate and/or necessary.
The school district provides all of these assessments at no cost.