Robbinsville Public Schools

• Does your child play near other children by age 3?
• Does your child join other children briefly in play by age 3?
• Does your child imitate adults doing routine chores by age 2 to 3?
• Does your child enjoy playing alone with toys, pots and pans, sand, etc. by age 3?
• Does your child share and take turns by age 5?

• Does your child say his/her first and last name by age 3?
• Does your child ask "what" or "where" questions by age 3?
• Does your child repeat common rhymes or TV jingles by age 3?
• Does your child talk in short sentences by age 4?
• By age 5 can people outside your family understand your child?

• Is your child able to kick a ball by age 3?
• Can your child run by age 3?
• Does your child walk up and down steps by age 3?
• Is your child able to balance on one foot for short time by age 4?
• Can your child throw a ball overhand and catch a large ball bounced to him/her by age 5?

• Does your child understand simple directions by age 3?
• Does your child associate functional use with familiar objects (as a spoon is for eating) by age 3?
• Does your child understand simple stories told or read to him/her by age 3?
• Does your child give reasonable answers to such questions as "What do you do when you are sleepy"? or "What do you do when you're hungry?" by age 4?
• Does your child seem to understand the meanings of the words "today", "tomorrow", and "yesterday" by age 5?

Does your child respond to common indoor sounds (telephone, doorbell) or outdoor sounds (cars, airplanes)?

Does your child respond when you call from another room?
If you said no to several items above and have a child between the ages of 3 and 5 years of age whom you suspect may have a developmental delay, please contact your local school district's child study team office or your county's supervisor of child study, listed below.

If you said yes to several items listed below and have a child between the ages of 3 and 5 years of age whom you suspect may have a developmental delay, please contact your local school district's child study team office or your county's supervisor of child study, listed below.

• Does your child frequently rub his/her eyes or complain that their eyes hurt?
• Does your child have reddened, watering or encrusted eyelids?
• Does your child hold his/her head in a strained or awkward position (tilts head to either side, thrusts head forward or backward) when trying to look at objects?
• Does your child sometimes or always cross one or both eyes?

• Does your child have frequent earaches or ear discharge?
• Does your child turn the same ear toward a sound he/she wishes to hear?

You may wish to arrange for a free preschool evaluation in order to determine if a special education program would benefit your child.
For more information, please contact:

Robbinsville Public School District Department of Student Services 609-632-0944 ext. 4412
or
Project CHILD FIND
1-800-322-8174
or

Your County Supervisor of Child Study:

• Atlantic County 609-625-0004 Ext. 44
• Bergen County 201-336-6875
• Burlington County 609-265-5938
• Camden County 856-401-2400
• Cape May County 609-465-7911 Ext. 1282
• Cumberland County 856-453-0422
• Essex County 973-857-5700
• Gloucester County 856-468-6500 Ext.72
• Hudson County 201-319-3850
• Hunterdon County 908-788-1414
• Mercer County 609-588-5873
• Middlesex County 732-249-2900
• Monmouth County 732-431-7812
• Morris County 973-285-8336
• Ocean County 732-929-2078
• Passaic County 973-569-2110
• Salem County 856-935-7510
• Somerset County 908-231-7171
• Sussex County 973-579-6996
• Union County 908-654-9860
• Warren County 908-475-6327

Project CHILD FIND is a service of the New Jersey State Department of Education to help identify unserved handicapped children birth to 21 years of age. Project CHILD FIND is funded through a grant from the United States Department of Education.