Dedicated to improving results for students experiencing homelessness and infants, toddlers, children and youth with disabilities ages birth through 21 by providing leadership, technical assistance, and professional development.
Special Populations
Direct Student Services
We provide Contract Services to LEA students in the areas of:
Adapted Physical Education Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Visually Impaired Services
Orientation and Mobility Services
We provide Support Services(at no charge)in the above service areas to all LEAs:
Technical Assistance to LEA service providers
Mentoring for LEA service provider
Regional/Onsite professional development
Technology loan program for VI students
Assistance with Special Olympic events
Website Resources
Who we serve:
Adapted PE; 44 LEAs and over 250 students
Occupational/Physical Therapy; 28 LEAs and over 500 students
Visually Impaired/Orientation & Mobility; 35 LEAs and over 150 students
Section 504
Section 504 is a federal law designed to protect the rights of individuals with disabilities in programs and activities that receive federal financial assistance. Section 504 provides: "No otherwise qualified individual with a disability in the United States...shall, solely by reason of her or his disability, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance..."
The Section 504 regulations require the LEA to provide a "free appropriate public education" (FAPE) to each qualified student with a disability, regardless of the nature or severity of the disability. Under Section 504, FAPE consists of the provision of regular or special education and related aids and services designed to meet the student's individual educational needs as adequately as those of non-disabled peers.
This service is designed to assist LEAs by assuring compliance under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Professional development, an annual legal update and technical assistance are available to central/campus administration, and campus coordinators.