Common use of Screening and Referrals Clause in Contracts

Screening and Referrals. Contractors must conduct developmental screenings to identify children who may need further evaluation. Screening must include speech/language, social-emotional, physical/motor, and cognitive development. Screening tools must be responsive and sensitive to the cultural and linguistic needs of each child and family and administered only with parent consent. Contractors must document: • Developmental screening of each child within 90 calendar days of the child’s first day of class. • Referrals for further assessment, if needed, based on screening, observation, and/or parent concerns. • Follow up with parents to ensure that referred children receive needed developmental services. If a child is identified as having special needs, contractors must work with the Local Education Agency (LEA) to develop an Individualized Education Program (IEP) that identifies and plans for needed services. E-11 Observation, Assessment, and Individualization Contractors must ensure teaching staff: • Perform ongoing observations of individual children’s activities, interactions, behavior, language, learning, and development across the developmental domains. • Maintain objective observation notes in Teaching Strategies GOLD® Online . • Use Teaching Strategies GOLD® Online for their child assessment tool. Staff must enter and maintain accurate information in GOLD®. o Rate all objectives within the following areas of GOLD®: Social-Emotional, Physical, Language, Cognitive, Literacy and Mathematics three times each year, according to the schedule in the ECEAP Contract. o Complete the Home Language Survey on all ECEAP children, and assessing the child’s English language acquisition, if indicated, using GOLD® objectives 37-38. • Use observation and assessment information to plan individualized curriculum and guidance.

Screening and Referrals. Contractors must conduct developmental screenings to identify children who may need further evaluation. Screening must include speech/language, social-emotional, physical/motor, and cognitive development. Screening tools must be responsive and sensitive to the cultural and linguistic needs of each child and family and administered only with parent consent. Contractors must document: •  Developmental screening of each child within 90 calendar days of the child’s first day of class. •  Referrals for further assessment, if needed, based on screening, observation, and/or parent concerns. •  Follow up with parents to ensure that referred children receive needed developmental services. If a child is identified as having special needs, contractors must work with the Local Education Agency (LEA) to develop an Individualized Education Program (IEP) that identifies and plans for needed services. E-11 Observation, Assessment, and Individualization Contractors must ensure teaching staff: •  Perform ongoing observations of individual children’s activities, interactions, behavior, language, learning, and development across the developmental domains. •  Maintain objective observation notes in Teaching Strategies GOLD® Online . •  Use Teaching Strategies GOLD® Online for their child assessment tool. Staff must enter and maintain accurate information in GOLD®. o Rate all objectives within the following areas of GOLD®: Social-Emotional, Physical, Language, Cognitive, Literacy and Mathematics three times each year, according to the schedule in the ECEAP Contract. o Complete the Home Language Survey on all ECEAP children, and assessing the child’s English language acquisition, if indicated, using GOLD® objectives 37-38. •  Use observation and assessment information to plan individualized curriculum and guidance.