Child Find

  • The Exceptional Student Services Department (ESS) of the Flagstaff Unified School District (FUSD) provides a full range of services for students who have learning needs that lie outside the usual range of instructional differentiation provided in general education classrooms.

    Do you know a child who you suspect may have a disability or has trouble with any of the following? 

    • Seeing people or objects
    • Hearing voices or other sounds
    • Talking, or is hard to understand when they do talk
    • Moving, especially when crawling, walking, or running
    • Playing or getting along with children or adults
    • Interacting appropriately with others

    If you answered yes to one or more of these statements, FUSD can provide screenings for special services for all qualified children, ages 3 to 21, who reside within our district boundaries, including migrant and homeless students, wards of the state, and private- and home-schooled students, in the following ways:  

    • For school-age children, ages 5-21, who currently attend an FUSD school, contact the child’s school administrator.
    • For school-age children, ages 5-21, who currently attend a non-profit private school or participate in homeschooling, reach out to the ESS Program Specialist for the school within whose boundaries you reside. To determine in which FUSD area of attendance you live, click here.  
    • For children ages 3-5, and whose 5th birthday is after August 31 and are not eligible for kindergarten, contact the FUSD Preschool Evaluation Team at 928.773.4148 or bmartich@fusd1.org
    • For children younger than 3 years, services are available through the Arizona Early Intervention Program (AzEIP) at 928.779.1679 (Northland Rural Therapy Associates). 

    Additional Resources

    Arizona Department of Education – Child Find

    Arizona Department of Economic Security, Early Intervention Program – AzEIP