Anoka-Hennepin Community Education

What is early childhood screening?

Screening is an early look at a child's development and begins as early as age three. This allows health and developmental concerns to be addressed at least one to two years before a child enters kindergarten. The state of Minnesota requires health and developmental screening for every child before kindergarten entry into a public school. Anoka-Hennepin offers this service at no cost. Screening is not a substitute for health care from your family physician, dentist, or other health care providers.

Early childhood screening checks:

• Fine and gross motor skills
• Vision and hearing
• Speech and language development
• Height and weight
• Cognitive and social development
• Immunizations

How to schedule a screening appointment: 

Note: If you are looking to make an appointment for July or August, please check back for the schedule by the end of May. Additional screening locations will be available beginning in July.

• To schedule a screening appointment, please REGISTER on our website.  

• Select a location, date, and time that works for your family, and select “Enroll Now”.

• Complete all required information and select “Enroll”.

• On the next page is the Shopping Basket. Click “Check Out for $0”.

• If your registration is successful, you will receive an immediate email confirmation that includes your screening date and time. (Note: If you are a new user of the Eleyo registration system and have created a new account during the registration process, you will receive two emails. One to welcome you as a new Eleyo user and another to confirm your screening registration.) If you do not receive an email course confirmation a few minutes after registering, your registration may not have gone through and your appointment will not be valid. 

Screening Documents

Helpful early childhood screening information.

• Early childhood screening informational flyer (PDF)
• Folleto informativo sobre exámenes de detección en la primera infancia - Español (PDF)
• Parent early childhood screening letter (PDF)
• Carta de evaluación de la primera infancia para padres-español (PDF)

Forms to be completed 

The following forms are required to be completed for screening.  Please finish them prior to your appointment, save them, and email to earlychildhoodscreening@ahschools.us or print them and bring them along with you.

• Student information form for early childhood screening
• Formulario de información del estudiante para la evaluación de la primera infancia - Español
• Child Health and Development form
• Formulario de Salud y Desarrollo Infantil - Español
• Minnesota language survey
• Encuesta de idioma de Minnesota - Español

If someone other than the parent or legal guardian (i.e. grandparent, daycare provider, another family member, etc.) is bringing your child to screening, please call the screening office (763-506-2400) or email earlychildhoodscreening@ahschools.us to notify us about the name of the individual who is bringing your child.

You will also need to complete the following form (both sides) and email it to earlychildhoodscreening@ahschools.us or have the other adult bring it with them to the appointment.

• Early Childhood Screening Consent
• Consentimiento para la evaluación de la primera infancia - Español

Contact

*Enter Sandburg Education Center through Door No. 1 off Monroe St.

 
Parking:

Two hour street parking is available on Monroe St.
A parking lot is available off Monroe St., and there is also an east parking lot off of Third Ave. & Monroe St.