Our Child Find team was located here and we met with them twice, during the summer hours- the speech therapy teacher, the psychologist, as well as three other educators.
I had communications via letter (US Mail) and mobile texting with the team leader, Jennifer Aucamp, who was so helpful and explained the process to us, step by step. We were sent paperwork (it was in-depth and lengthy) to fill out in order to assess our son for his "test." (This was to see if he had a learning disability or a need for speech therapy.)
We had our first appointment with another family. We were given a short introduction/ orientation before heading to the room for the "test." We were speaking with the team leader while our son met with the other teachers, in another room. It was about an hour for the entire process. Together with the paper work we filled out and the input from the teachers and counselor, we would have another meeting to discuss the results of the "test."
A few weeks later, we had our next meeting (this was a shorter appointment). Our son did well in most of the areas of the test and he listened to their instructions, however, he did need speech therapy (resulting in an IEP). It was a relief to know that our son just needed speech therapy (we suspected as much). They told us that our son would have speech therapy for as long as he needed, and that a few times a week, during school (kindergarten) he would be meeting with his speech therapist. We signed some papers. This would be for the file.
The Child Find team here was very helpful. We had a good amount of communication. Our issues were addressed. This experience turned out to be a positive one for us. We were very thankful for their help. read more