Does Your Child Need Help?

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 Cognitively Impaired Orthopedic impairment Specific learning disability Traumatic brain injury

Please contact one of the following:

Birth to 3	Golden Gate Regional Center Hotline Number (English, Spanish and Cantonese): 1-888-339-3305 Email: intake@ggrc.org
3 to 5 yrs	Contact Pre-School Intake Unit at (415) 379-7693
In a SFUSD public school	Contact the school Principal
In a S.F. private/parochial school	For psycho-educational assessments, contact Screening and Assessment Center at (415) 379-7607. For all other evaluations, (e.g. speech, occupational therapy, etc.) contact SFUSD Special Education Services at (415) 379-7656.

Note: State and Local Educational Agencies are responsible for initially assessing children and students who are referred for suspected disabilities from birth through 18 years. Some of these children and students MAY BE ELIGIBLE to receive Special Education Services. Students who are enrolled in private/parochial schools are assessed by the school district in which the private or parochial school is located.