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Does Your Child Need Help?
Does your child need Special Education or Assessment for Special Education?

All children develop at different rates and in different ways. If you think that your child may have a disability in one or more of the following areas:

Autism Deafness Hearing Impairment Multiple disabilities Other health impairment Speech or language impairment Visual impairment

Deaf/Blind Emotional disturbance Mental retardation Orthopedic impairment Specific learning disability Traumatic brain injury

Please contact one of the following:

Birth to 3	Contact Golden Gate Regional Center at 546-9222
3 to 5 yrs	Contact Screening and Assesment Center at (415) 355-6904
In a SFUSD public school	Contact the school Principal
In a S.F. private/parochial school	Contact Maria Berg at (415) 355-6904 to obtain a private school packet to begin the referral/ assessment process.

Note: Local Educational Agencies are responsible for assessing children and students who are referred for suspected disabilities from birth through 21 years. Some of these children and students MAY BE ELIGIBLE to receive Special Education Services. Students enrolled in private/parochial schools who do not reside in San Francisco should contact the local school district in which the family resides.

Los niños se desarrollan de diferentes maneras y en diferentes edades. Sin embargo, si usted piensa que su hijo/hija pueda estar incapacitado en una ó más de las siguientes areas:

Autismo Sordera Incapacidades auditivas Múltiples incapacidades Otras incapacidades de salud Incapacidades en el lenguaje oral Incapacidades visuales

Sordo/ciego Problemas emocionales Retardamiento mental Incapacidades ortopédicas Incapacidades específicas en el aprendizaje Trauma cerebral

Por favor póngase en contacto con alguno de los siguientes:

Nacimiento hasta los 3 años	Llame al Centro Regional Golden Gate al (415) 546-9222
De 3 años hasta los 5 años	Llame al Programa de Educación Especial para Infantes/Programa de Desarrollo Infantil en el (415) 355-6904
En una escuela pública de San Francisco	Póngase en contacto con el Director ó la Directora de la escuela
En una escuela privada ó religiosa de San Francisco	Póngase en contacto con Maria Berg en el (415) 355-6904 para obtener el paquetede información para empezar el proceso para referir y evaluar a los estudiantes

Nota: las Agencias Educativas Locales son responsables de la evaluación de niños y estudiantes que son referidos porque se sospecha que tiene alguna incapacidad desde el nacimiento hasta los 21 años de edad. Algunos de éstos niños y estudiantes Pueden ser elegibles para recibir servicios de Educación Especial. Los estudiantes que no viven en San Francisco y que asisten a escuelas privadas ó religiosas en San Francisco deben pedir información en el distrito escolar de la ciudad donde viven.

Nangangailangan ba ang iyong anak ng Espesyal na Edukasyon o Pagtasa para sa Espesyal na Edukasyon?

Lahat ng bata ay nahuhugis sa kani-kanilang mga kakayahan at sa mga iba-ibang mga paraan. Kung inaakala ninyo na ang inyong anak ay may mga kawalang lakas ng katawan na nakaka-antala sa kaniyang pag-unlad na pang-edukasyon sa isa o higit pa sa mga sumusunod na saklaw:

Awtism Pagka-bingi Pinsala sa Pandinig Maraming sakit ng katawan Iba pang pinsala sa kalusugan Pinsala sa pagsasalita/pananalita

Bingi/bulag Pagkabalisa Mahina o mabagal na kaisipan Pinsala sa buto Partikular na kahinaan ng di-pagkatuto/pinsala sa utak

Makig-ugnayan sa isa sa mga sumusunod:

Pagsilang hanggang 3 taon	Makipag-ugnayan sa Golden Gate Regional Center sa 546-4222
Tatlo hanggang limang taon	Makipag-ugnayan sa Screening and Assesment Center sa (415) 355-6904
Mga nasa Pang-Publikong Paaralan ng SFUSD	Makipag-ugnayan sa prinsipal ng paaralan
Mga nasa Pribado/Paaralan ng Paroko	Makipag-ugnayan kay Maria Berg sa (415) 355-6904 para makakuha ng paket sa pribadong paaralan para maumpisahan ang pagsasagawa ng kunsulta pagtasa

Paunawa: Ang Local na Ahensiyang Pang-Edukasyon ang may pananagutan sa pagtasa ng mga bata at magaaral na isinangguni para sa mga hinalang kakulangan. Ang ilan sa mga bata at magaaral na ito ay MAY KARAPATAN na mabigyan ng Serbisyong Edukasyong Espesyal. Ang mga estudyateng nag-aaral sa pribado/paaralan ng paroko na hindi nakatira sa San Francisco ay dapat makipag-ugnayan sa local na distritong paaralan na kung saan sila nakatira.