Required School Screenings Guidance Document for Special Educators (Virginia Department of Education, VDOE)

Description:

As part of Child Find under special education, school divisions are required to have procedures, including timelines, to document the screening of children enrolled in the division, including transfers from out of state (8VAC20-81-50 C.1.). These screenings must occur in the areas of hearing, vision, scoliosis, speech, voice, language, and fine and gross motor functions.  

The updated Required School Screenings Guidance Document for Special Educators provides users with regulatory requirements from the Code of Virginia as well as specific regulations from the Administrative Code at Chapter 81, more commonly known as the Regulations Governing Special Education Programs for Children with Disabilities in Virginia. It also includes suggested procedures for completing each of the required screenings. 

School divisions are asked to carefully review this document and use it to make necessary changes to their existing school screenings procedures.