Early Intervention 

Transition Process Timelines:

November/December:

• The school district will meet with the Early Intervention Director & Service Coordinator through the Hazleton Preschool Program.

January:

• Meet the District Night- This is an informal informational session for parents to meet a district representative to discuss transition processes and answer any questions you may have regarding school age procedures. 

February:  All meetings will be completed by February 28th.  

• Notice of Your Child's Transition to School Age Meeting will be scheduled with the early intervention service coordinator. These meetings will be held within the school district.

  • Parents will be given "Intent to Register" form. (Children do not have to attend the Intent Meeting)

    • If you intend to enroll your child in Kindergarten the following year, you must go on-line to register your child in the school district. (See link above)

April: 

• If an evaluation is decided upon at the Intent to Register Meeting, a permission to test will be sent home in the mail after the registration process is completed on-line. 

  • THE PERMISSION TO TEST MUST BE SIGNED TO BEGIN THE EVALUATION PROCESS. 

  • Once the signature is received in the Special Education Office-the evaluation will be completed within 60  school days. 

May/June:

• Eligibility meetings will be held to determine if your child qualifies for any special education services within one of the 13 categories within the state of PA. 

1.       Intellectually Disabled 

2.       Hearing impairment 

3.       Speech or language impairment, 

4.       Visual impairment (including blindness) 

5.       Emotional disturbance 

6.       Orthopedic impairment 

7.       Autism 

8.       Traumatic brain injury 

9.       Other health impairment 

10.     Specific learning disability 

11.     Deafness 

12.     Deaf-blindness 

13.     Multiple disabilities 

• Programming will be discussed at this meeting for the upcoming Kindergarten school year.