Itawamba County School District

605 South Cummings Street

Fulton, MS 38843

(662) 862-2159 Telephone

(662) 862-4515 Fax

September 1, 2006

Dear Agency Representative:

The Itawamba County School District is participating in an ongoing statewide effort to identify, locate, and evaluate children from birth through the age of twenty-one who may have a physical, mental, communicative, and/or emotional disability. We are requesting that personnel in your agency refer individuals twenty-one years of age or under who may be disabled to Mitzi Moore who is the Child Find Person for our district.

Once a referral is made, it is the responsibility of the Child Find Person to insure that the Referral-to-Placement process is implemented. The Child Find Person works with the Local Survey Committees in each school to implement this process.

Prior to the evaluation of any child, a copy of the Parent Information Pamphlet and Procedural Safeguards are given to parents. District personnel explain the Parent Information Pamphlet to parents and insure that they understand the Procedural Safeguards. After parental consent for evaluation is obtained, a nondiscriminatory evaluation is conducted. Students are evaluated by qualified personnel in all areas related to the suspected disability.

When a student, age birth through 20, is determined eligible to receive special education services, parents are notified. Before the student is placed, an Individual Educational Plan (IEP) is developed for the student, and parents sign consent for placement in a special education program. Parents, teacher(s) and students when appropriate, participate in this process. All students receiving special education services are reevaluated at least every three years, and their IEP’s are reviewed/revised annually.

Please contact Mitzi Moore at the following address and telephone number if you know of any individuals who need to be referred:

Mrs. Mitzi Moore

Itawamba County School District

605 South Cummings Street

Fulton, MS 38843

Phone: (662) 862-2157

Thank you for your assistance in this matter.

Sincerely,

Mitzi Moore

Child Find Person

SCHOOLS PARTICIPATE IN STATE CHILD FIND

The Itawamba County School District is participating in an ongoing statewide effort to identify, locate and evaluate every child birth through the age of 21 with a physical, mental, communicative and or emotional disability.

Early identification of children in need of special educational experiences is most important to each child.

Furthermore, this information gathered from contacts with parents and other agencies will be used to help determine present and future program needs as progress is made toward the goal of providing a free appropriate public education to all children with a disability.

Please contact Mitzi Moore, Child Find Person for Itawamba County School District, if you know of any children who may have a disability by calling her at (662) 862-2159 or writing to her at the following address:

Mrs. Mitzi Moore

Child Find Person

Itawamba County School District

605 South Cummings Street

Fulton, MS 38843

The Child Find Person implements child identification, location and evaluation of any child birth through 21 with a disability, regardless of the severity of the disability, and in need of special education, related services or both.

The Child Find Person works with the local Head Start, Human Services and Health and Mental Health agencies, as well as local education agencies, physicians and other individuals to identify and locate both children out of school and in school who may be in need of special education services.

We have 34 special education programs in our district which provide services to students with physical, mental, communicative or emotional disability, as well as those with any combination of these disabilities.