The Child Find Notice:

Under a mandate of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA), Global Academy of South Carolina is to conduct activities to locate, identify, and evaluate any child with known or suspected disabilities who attends the school. Categories of disabilities may include: developmental delay, mental disability, emotional disability, speech or language impairment, deafness and hard of hearing, visual impairment, deaf-blindness, orthopedic impairment, other health impairment, traumatic brain injury, autism, and multiple disabilities. A referral (request for possible evaluation) may be made by parent/guardians, school staff member, or other concerned persons. Referrals are made when a person reasonably believes a child may be a child with a disability even if the child is advancing from grade to grade. Before referring the student, the person making the referral must inform the child's parent that the referral will be made.

Global Academy of South Carolina employs interventions for struggling students.  Before an evaluation is conducted the student should be enrolled in one of the intervention programs.  However, the school may not deny a request or delay a request for an evaluation. 

Referrals must be in writing and include the reason why the person believes the child is a child with a disability. Referral forms may be requested by contacting @Nataliya Panasiuk, Coordinator of Special Education at (864) 765-0004 or via email, at npanasiuk@gacademysc.com.