Student Disabilities Advocate, Inc.
Know your rights! Know the school's obligations!
Student Disabilities Advocate, Inc.
Know your rights! Know the school's obligations!
Our Mission
Student Disabilities Advocate, Inc.'s mission is to ensure that parents, guardians as well as special needs, homeless and bullied students in public schools are knowledgeable as to their rights and the school's obligations, and are beneficiaries of protections and enhancements provided by law.
"If a Child Can't Learn the way we teach, we should teach the way they learn." - Unknown
individuals with disabilities education act (idea)
Special needs or special education law has a singular and specific purpose. that purpose is to ensure that children with disabilities receive a free and appropriate public education (FAPE). This is accomplished through specific procedural requirements and substantive accommodations that the school must provide. The school's failure to do so requires that parents, or guardians, voice opposition and concern to the school and school district. The following procedural protections and accommodations apply to the following aspects of a child's education:
IDENTIFY AS SOON AS PRACTICAL A CHILD WITH SPECIAL NEEDS,
EVALUATE AND PUT A PLAN, KNOWN As an INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM, (I.E.P.) IN PLACE TO ASSIST THE CHILD'S LEARNING.
ENSURE THAT THE PLAN IS IMPLEMENTED.
ENSURE THAT THE PLAN IS REVIEWED FROM TIME TO TIME AND CHANGED, IF NECESSARY.
ENSURE THAT THE SCHOOL APPROPRIATELY ADDRESSES A CHILD's BEHAVIOR.
"Speak up for those who cannot speak up for themselves." - Proverbs 31:8
section 504 rehabilitation act
Your Partner in Justice in New Castle
Students with disabilities are protected against discrimination. This is a federal civil rights act.
Section 504 requires that schools, public or private, receiving federal financial assistance for educational purposes, not discriminate against children with disabilities.
Section 504's specific purpose is to ensure that a child with a disability has equal access to an education. A 504 Plan is put in place that may include accommodations and modifications.
"If you have told a child a thousand times and he still does not understand, then it is not the child who is the slow learner." - Walter Barbie