advocacy, including negotiating accommodations Individual Education Elementary and Accommodations to IEP/Accommodations Plan (IEP) developed Secondary Schools provide equal access with parents, teachers (Subpart D of Section are developed by and specialists 504): 504 Plan student, Disability involved with student; developed with Services provides specially parents, teachers, Coordinator/Director designed instruction school personnel on campus; substantial and accommodations involved with student modifications to with success being the curriculum and College/Postsecondary goal lowered standards not (Subpart E of Section required 504): Accommodations developed with student, Disability Services Coordinator/Director on campus Placement must be in Elementary, Secondary All courses are Classroom Placement least restrictive and Postsecondary: mainstream with environment; may be Placement is in regular accommodations special classrooms or classroom with support provided to students regular classrooms services provided to who qualify under ADA eliminate barriers to educational experience Provided by school Section 504 does not Colleges not required Personal Devices district if determined provide funding for to provide personal (wheelchairs, hearing to be necessary (and personal devices devices or services aids, personal care included in IEP) attendants, etc.) Parents must be Same for elementary Postsecondary Role of Parents included in decision and high schools students are over 18 making and considered adults; College Students: by law, university staff Postsecondary cannot speak to students are over 18 parents without and considered adults; written student by law, university staff authorization cannot speak to parents without written student authorization
advocacy, including negotiating accommodations IEP/Accommodations Individual Education Plan (IEP) developed with parents, teachers and specialists involved with student; provides specially designed instruction and accommodations with success being the goal Elementary and Secondary Schools (Subpart D of Section 504): 504 Plan developed with parents, teachers, school personnel involved with student College/Postsecondary (Subpart E of Section 504): Accommodations developed with student, Disability Services Coordinator/Director on campus Accommodations to provide equal access are developed by student, Disability Services Coordinator/Director on campus; substantial modifications to curriculum and lowered standards not required Classroom Placement Placement must be in least restrictive environment; may be special classrooms or regular classrooms Elementary, Secondary and Postsecondary: Placement is in regular classroom with support services provided to eliminate barriers to educational experience All courses are mainstream with accommodations provided to students who qualify under ADA Personal Devices (wheelchairs, hearing aids, personal care attendants, etc.) Provided by school district if determined to be necessary (and included in IEP) Section 504 does not provide funding for personal devices Colleges not required to provide personal devices or services Role of Parents Parents must be included in decision making Same for elementary and high schools College Students: Postsecondary students are over 18 and considered adults; by law, university staff cannot speak to parents without written student authorization Postsecondary students are over 18 and considered adults; by law, university staff cannot speak to parents without written student authorization
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