COLD SPRING – Parents who suspect their child may be handicapped can now get free help from their local school districts.
Lower Cape May Regional School District is taking part in Child Find, a state-wide program to locate and provide services for those children who may have physical, mental, or emotional difficulties.
Screening, professional guidance, and an educational program (if needed) are available free of charge through the schools.
These are possible signs of a special handicap:
- Child has trouble seeing people or objects
- Child has trouble hearing voices or other sounds
- Child is unusually quiet
- Child cannot pronounce words properly
- Child has particular health problem
For more information, contact your school. Call the Lower Cape May Regional School District from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at 609-884-3475 ext. 225, or write to Supervisor of Support Services Joell P. Worster, Lower Cape May Regional School District, 687 Route 9, Cape May, New Jersey 08204.
