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Districts have Child Find responsibility for all children suspected of having disabilities, regardless of the severity of their disabilities. This includes:

• children, birth through 3, who may or may not be referred to and served by the state’s early intervention program, Babies Can’t Wait;

• preschool children, ages 3 through 5, who may not be enrolled in a Georgia-funded pre-kindergarten and kindergarten, including children who are parentally placed in private preschools or daycare centers outside the district;

• children who are enrolled in a public school within the district, including public charter schools;

• children who are parentally placed in private and home schools or who are attending charter schools within the district;

• highly mobile children, including migrant, homeless, and children who are wards of the state;

• children served in community programs such as rehabilitation centers, daycare centers, etc.;

• children, ages 18 through 21, who are incarcerated in facilities operated by the local sheriff’s office or other municipalities; and

• any other children suspected of having disabilities.

Please contact the Exceptional Student Education Department for more information:

• If you are aware of a preschooler, age 3 to 5, who has or may have a developmental disability

• If you know of a child who is enrolled in Thomasville City Schools, and suspect he/she needs special education services; please contact your child’s school and express your concern to your child's teacher and/or to the school administrator as well.

• If the child resides within the Thomasville City Schools District and attends private school or home school.