によって Kaori Handa 1年前.
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I can relate to this as a year ago I took a class where I had to use a wheelchair, and I noticed that BYUI does not have a lot of accommodations for handicapped people. That is something that got me thinking because, for a student with a disability that requires a wheelchair, there are not a lot of options like getting to other buildings and the classrooms. Those are reasonable accommodations that need to take place.
Section 504 requires that students be reevaluated periodically or before significant change in placement is made.
Placements options must include regular classrooms, regular classrooms with services, or special education and related services.
A school has to provide a FAPE through regular education or special education programming or related aid and services.
Personnel trained should be the ones grading the tests. School should get parental consent, and notice to the parents about the procedural rights.
Student identified through Child Find
Section 504 requires that schools annually take into count how to identify and locate children with disabilities who are not receiving the appropriate education they should, also the rights they encounter to have to. This is called Child Find.
This is something that I experienced during my Early Field Practicum. I was in a Special Education class and I just had to go with the teacher to different classrooms where we would do observations on the students that were identified as probably qualified for special education. We had to do a really good investigation and also evaluations to place them.
The coordinator should do a self-evaluation of the school district to ensure that Section 504 is going well and there is no discrimination.
First to have an informal discussion between parents and the Section 504 coordinator to attempt to resolve the dispute; second if the complaint is not satisfactorily resolved the parents should file a written grievance with the coordinator which will conduct an investigation and issue written report; third if this action is not solving the problem, the decision can be appealed to the chord board; and finally if a complaint to the school's board does not solve the problem, then a complaint to the OCR should be file.
During the evaluation process, notification should be given when eligibility is determined, when an accommodation plan is developed, and before there is any significant modification of the student's program.
The coordinator keeps the school district in compliance with the mandates of Section 504.
Describes procedures for ensuring compliance with Section 504
Prohibits discrimination in health, welfare, and social services receiving federal financial assistance
Prohibits discrimination in postsecondary programs receiving federal financial assistance
Prohibits discrimination in preschool, elementary and secondary programs receiving federal financial assistance
While I was reading the book I noticed that it was mentioned that some states are not required to give services to students that are not meeting the school age. I wonder if a person with a disability under section 504 can also have the same services as they have at school, based on the disability.
Describes accessibility and usability of facilities
Prohibits discrimination in employment practices
States purposes, definitions
Record
Individuals are protected if they had a record an impairment, or have been incorrectly classified as disabled.
From my understanding, this is important that we have a record of how the student's impairment affected their education as teachers we can make accommodations. Also, we have to make sure we did not make mistakes in their placement. How long last effects will it have?
Otherwise qualified
This applies to public education, school age; when there is a competitive criteria are applied, it means that the criteria is met in spite of the disability; and in employment, the person needs to be qualified regardless of his or her disability.
Affect a major life activity
breathing, walking, talking, seeing, hearing, learning, and taking care of oneself
Should be:
Mental
mental illness, intellectual disabilities, and learning disabilities.
Physical
arthritis, asthma, deafness, blindness, diabetes, Crohn's disease, multiple sclerosis, paralysis, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, cardiac problems, Ménière;s disease, chronic fatigue syndrome, kidney disease, Tourette's syndrome, and hyperthyroidism.
I wonder if a student who is pregnant is protected by Section 504 or it was before getting pregnant, how this will affect her education? Would it be possible to also have her all the accessibilities that she might need?
