Preschool Programs

Early Childhood Education Assistance Program

ECEAP is the Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program funded by Washington State for children 2 and 4. 

ECEAP includes the following services:

• Family support and parent involvement
• Child health coordination and nutrition
• Services responsive and appropriate to each child's family and heritage and experience

Some of the Benefits children in this type of program experience are: 

• Healthier when they start kindergarten
• Higher skills for reading, math, and science

                                                                                                                                                

CHILD FIND

Screenings are provided free to families and available to all children, including highly mobile children, migrant children, homeless children, and children who are wards of the state. Areas screened are communication, motor, cognitive, social and self-help. After a screening is completed a formal assessment may be recommended to determine eligibility for services in one or more of the developmental areas.

CHILD IDENTIFICATION PROCEDURES (Child Find, ages birth through 21)

As a member of the Educational Service District 112 Special Education ESA, Orondo School District conducts child find activities for the purpose of locating, evaluating, and identifying individuals with a suspected disability who are residing within district boundaries, whether or not they are enrolled in the public school system. Child find activities apply to individuals birth through 21 years who are not currently receiving special education and related services. Parents having concerns about their child’s health, hearing, intellectual functioning, language, learning, movement, serious behavioral needs, speech, or vision can contact your child's school by contacting the principal or special education teacher at 509-784-1333 or contact the Educational Service District 112 at 800-233-0067.