Child Find (ages 3-21) is the affirmative, ongoing obligation of local education agencies (LEAs) to identify, locate and evaluate all children with disabilities residing within their jurisdictions who need special education and related services.

Federal law:

Sec. 300.39, 1975, 1990 & 2004 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act requires educational systems receiving state/federal funding to provide a Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) to children found to have a disability in their least restrictive setting.

State law:

Texas Education Code, Texas State Board of Education & Commissioner’s Rule requires Texas schools to adhere to the federal law for students with disabilities under IDEA.

Spring ISD: 

If you suspect a scholar may have a disability, please contact:

• The student’s counselor and/or 
• The campus assigned student support specialist. 

We abide by the federal regulations of Child Find:

• We actively review and locate children that may have a disability

Students ages 3-4
 
Spring ISD's Special Education Department schedules appointments to screen 3- or 4-year old children whose parents believe their child may have a speech/language, emotional/behavior, physical or cognitive disability.

The screening appointment may be scheduled by calling 281-891-8290

The screening is designed to identify children with potential disabilities that may qualify them for the District's special education programs.

Parents who can answer "yes" to any of the following questions may wish to consider having their pre-school child screened:

• Language needs -- Are you worried because your child is not talking? Are you the only one who can understand your child?
• Learning problems -- Is your child having difficulty learning new concepts such as color identification or counting?
• Emotional problems -- Does your child seem to have many fears and worries or be constantly afraid? Is he/she overly aggressive or withdrawn and unresponsive?
• Physical difficulties -- Does your child seem to have trouble seeing people or objects? Does your child seem to have trouble hearing voices or other sounds, or is he/she usually quiet? Has a physician diagnosed your child as blind or as having a severe hearing loss? Is there any special health or physical problems?

The screening will be conducted by our appraisal specialists.  If the appraisal specialists determine that a deficit exists in one or more of the developmental areas, a full & individual evaluation for special education services will be scheduled with parental consent.  The timeline to complete a full & individual evaluation for special education is 45 school days.

Students ages 5 and Older

If you would like to request an evaluation to see if your child is eligible for special education supports and services, please contact us at 281-891-6265 or email us at childfind@springisd.org. We will contact you and the Student Support Specialists at your child’s campus to collect additional information about your child’s progress in school to assist in making the decision about whether or not we will move forward with your request. We will notify you of our decision within fifteen school days.