• ADE Special Education

• Understanding Special Education

• The Special Education Handbook: A brief overview of the history and requirements of Part B of the IDEA

• Procedural Safeguard

• Traveling the Special Education Highway

Policies and Procedures

• Az School Board Association

• ADE Policies and Procedures Certificate

• ESS School Board Policy

• Native American Disability Law Center

• Navajo Nation Office of Special Education & Rehabilitation Services

The mission of the Kayenta Exceptional Student Services is to provide effective services to students while supporting the educational community that ensures lifelong learners.

Our Goal

Our goal is to make general education accessible for all students that prepares them to be productive and well-rounded citizens, which includes social/emotional, cognitive, physical, and spiritual well-being.

Special education is defined by the specially designed instruction developed to meet the unique needs of a student with a disability. Students with disabilities are those students evaluated and found eligible as having:

• Autism

• Developmental Delay (until age 10)

• Emotional Disability

• Hearing Impairment

• Mild/Moderate Intellectual Disability

• Multiple Disabilities

• Multiple Disabilities with Severe Sensory Impairment

• Orthopedic Impairment

• Other Health Impairment

• Preschool Severe Delay

• Specific Learning Disability

• Speech/Language Impairment (including preschool age)

• Severe Intellectual Disability

• Traumatic Brain Injury

• Visual Impairment

KUSD Child Find

What is Az Find?

Child Find is a continuous process of public awareness activities, screening, and evaluation designed to locate, identify, and refer as early as possible all young children with disabilities and their families who are in need of Early Intervention Program (Part C) or preschool special education (Part B/619) services.

Child Find Schedule School Year 2026-2027

• August 7, 2026

• September 4, 2026

• October 2, 2026

• November 6, 2026

• December 4, 2026

• January 1, 2027

• February 5, 2027

• March 5, 2027

• April 2, 2027

• May 7, 2027

• June 4, 2027

Confidentiality

KUSD ESS adheres to ethical principles and acts in compliance with laws and regulations which protect children and their family's right to privacy, and which control the use of confidential information regarding children.

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