Staff Members
Special Education Services
Special Education Services and Referrals
Parent Resources
- Parent and Student Rights: Special Education Procedural Safeguards
- Early Years and Preschool
- Help your child grow and thrive: CDC Milestones Tracker
- From Birth to Three: a guide to services for children age 0-3 with disabilities
- Three to Five: a guide to services for children age 3-5 with disabilities
- Bright Start Early Intervention services
- School Age:
- How Special Education Works: A WA state guide to special education for children with disabilities
- Family Engagement and Guidance: resources developed by WA OSPI Special Education department
- Other supports for families:
- Okanogan County Developmental Disabilities resources
- Parent to Parent Okanogan County
- Washington state PAVE (parent-school advocacy)
- Understood.org
What is Child Find?
The process of locating and evaluating children with disabilities is referred to as “Child Find.” The Individuals with Disabilities Ace (IDEA) requires all school districts to locate, evaluate and provide services for Individuals birth to 21 who may have a disability.