Accommodating Individuals with Disabilities. Is this your guide?

504 AND IEP 411Accommodating Individuals with Disabilities

Is this your guide?

High School Students IDEA-Individuals With Disabilities Education

Act Entitlement LAW Legal Document Modifications and/or accommodations

IEP

Who Should Attend?

Student

CTE Instructor

Parents

Counselors

Special Education Teacher

Classroom Teachers

Interpreters, para’s, etc

504

Adult and High School Students

Physical Disabilities

Specific Learning Disabilities

Other Health Issues

Accommodations rather than modifications

Section 504 Americans with Disabilities Rehabilitation Act

(ADA)

Modification vs Accommodation

Modification-making changes to curriculum, content, and program to help the student.

Accommodation-changing the delivery method or the way the student demonstrates mastery or performance

What’s the Difference?

What is Fair?

Prevent intentional or unintentional discrimination against person with disabilities, persons who are believed to have disabilities, or family members of persons with disabilities

Eliminate barriers that exclude persons with disabilities

“Level the playing field”

a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities;

a record of such an impairment; or is regarded as having such an impairment.

Who is an "individual with a disability?"

Walking

Speaking

Breathing

Seeing

Hearing

Learning

Reading

Working

Standing

Sitting

Lifting

Performing Manual Tasks

Caring for Oneself

Define Life Activity

Individuals must be able to “get in the door”

If you provide the service for another student, then you must also provide it for the student with a disability.

In a Nutshell:

Transportation Seating Work station and equipment Safety Equipment Breaks Learning Environment

Examples:

Individual with a disability Satisfy job requirements

◦ Skill◦ Experience◦ Education

Can perform the essential functions of the job With or Without reasonable accommodations  

Who is considered a "Qualified Individual with a Disability?"

Must provide recent documentation from a qualified professional of the disability.

Documentation must show that the disability directly affects the individual’s ability to learn or perform essential functions of a job.

BE CAREFUL

Adult Students

Universal Design

Appropriate Placement

A student who is visually impaired enrolls in graphic arts classes?

A student who is deaf wishes to enroll in aviation classes?

A student with HIV wishes to enroll in a cosmetology class?

A student with learning disabilities in math wishes to enroll in CAD?

What if?

Job descriptions

Certification/licensure standards

Liability issues

Fundamental skills

Organization of company

How does an employer determine "essential functions?"

List one factor that would absolutely exclude a student from completing training or seeking any type of employment in a particular field.

Exclusionary Factors:

Practical Nursing Culinary Arts Welding Web Design Automotive Service Tech. Accounting

Examples of Essential Functions:

Be Prepared:

How will you inform yourself?

What will you delegate to others?

What resources do you need?

What areas need attention?

What is your back up plan?

What is ongoing?

Group Activity:

Inform yourselfProvide a syllabusSimplify instructions Post things in writing Provide resourcesRespect the individual

Instructional Strategies

SeatingPhysical arrangementEquipmentLighting

Organizational Strategies:

Goal Setting“Chunking”Check ListsFeedbackTime Management

Short-Term Achievements

Modify Length, Font, Format

Simplify Vocabulary, Directions, Problems

Allow Textbook, Notes, etc.

Extend/Shorten Time Limits

Allow Student to Correct or Try Again

Teacher-Made Tests and Projects

If the test is a national or state accredited exam, consult with the testing company about the accommodations allowed.

Testing Accommodations

Given/Answered Orally

Quiet Environment

Extended

Time

Additional or extended restroom breaks Ability to eat or drink if student has dietary

needs. Freedom to sit or stand periodically Allow students to record lectures,

assignments, etc. Assistive devices or technology others

Additional Accommodations

Provide what is necessaryAvoid over-compensationMaintain high expectationsChoose groups/tasks wiselyDon’t compromise integrity

Least Restrictive Environment

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act

FERPA

Never release information or discuss a student with an individual, agency, or other staff member who does not have a legal, legitimate reason to know.

FERPA

Too Much Information? IEP 504 Universal Design Qualifying Disability Exclusionary Factor FERPA Appropriate Placement Paperwork

If you are unsure about providing appropriate accommodations for a student, ASK him or her.

Consult the student services professional on your campus or on another campus.

Consult with the student’s home teachers, counselors or other instructors at your school.

Call CAC office.

Always maintain confidentiality.

When in doubt……ASK

Career and Academic Connections

Finding the right 411

http://www.Wrightslaw.com

http://www.ok.gov/sde/special-education

http://www.okcareertech.org/educators/career-and-academic-connections/special-needs-resources

http://www.okcareertech.org/contact/directories-1

Directories:Staff and personnel contact information for the Oklahoma CareerTech education system