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Determination for Specific Learning Disability
Martin Luther King Jr. Education Center Academy has adopted Wayne RESA's guidance on using a pattern of strengths and weaknesses for the determination of a Specific Learning Disability, which combines the processes of Response to Intervention and Patterns of Strengths and Weakness. For further information, please review the parent brochure developed by Wayne RESA to help parents understand the new approach to determining a Specific Learning Disability.
Child Find
Child Find is the federal requirement, established by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), to identify, locate and evaluate all children with disabilities, from birth through 21 years of age, who are in need, or may be in need, of special education and related services. Child find is an affirmative and ongoing process that includes public awareness activities, policies and procedures, and coordination with agencies and primary sources such as local physicians, local hospitals, public health department, childcare centers, department of health and human services, and county jails. In Michigan, the child find obligation extends to all children and students with disabilities from birth through 25 years of age, who are in need, or may be in need, of special education and related services.
The purpose of this document is to provide guidance on child find requirements of the IDEA and the Michigan Administrative Rules for Special Education (MARSE):