Child find
The Exceptional Student Services Department (ESS) at Yuma School District One will identify, locate, and evaluate all children with disabilities within its geographic boundaries who are in need of special education and related services.
Do you know a child who you suspect may have a disability or has trouble with any of the following?
- Seeing people or objects?
- Hearing voices or other sounds?
- Talking, or is hard to understand when they do talk?
- Moving, especially when crawling, walking or running?
- Playing or getting along with children or adults?
- Interacting appropriately with others?
- Cognitive or academic skills?
If you answered yes to one or more of these statements, District One can provide screenings for special services for all qualified children, from age 3 to 21, who reside in our district boundaries, including migrant and homeless students, wards of the state, private and home schooled students, in the following ways:
- For school age children, age 5–21, who are currently attending a District One school, contact the child’s school administrator.
- For children age 3 to 5 and whose 5th birthday is after September 1st and are not eligible for kindergarten, please contact the District One Preschool Department at 928-502-4412 or wmaldonado@yuma.org.
- For children younger than 3 years, services are available through the Arizona Early Intervention Program (AzEIP) or 602-532-9960.
- For school age children, age 5–21, not attending a District One school but who reside within District One boundaries or attend a private school located within our boundaries, contact Exceptional Student Services at 928-502-7800.
