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GCPS and MCPS launch special education campaign

As part of a public awareness campaign, Gloucester County and Mathews County public schools are seeking information on any child or youth suspected of having a disability and in need of special education and related services. Special education services are provided by GCPS and MCPS to children ages two to 21 who have been properly tested under state law and identified with a disability that impacts their ability to receive an education, a release said. Signs of a potential educational disability may be exhibited in a delay of speech and language, vision, hearing and/or fine and gross motor skills in children younger than age six. Educational disabilities as defined by federal and state law are provided to all children identified with autism, deafness, deaf-blindness, developmental delay, emotional disability, hearing impairment, intellectual disability, multiple disabilities, orthopedic impairment, other health impairment, specific learning disability, speech/language impairment, traum...

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