Students with disabilities and special health care needs support and information from any professionals working with their family to successfully navigate the education system. Oftentimes, professionals working in other systems and settings do not have a full understanding of the requirements and criteria needed to be able to access specialized programming and accommodations within school. Join this session to understand the variety of supports available, what the distinction is with each, and how you can best support families to be able to access and establish needed supports for their student with special needs.

Once you have attended this session, you will leave able to:

1)Outline and describe the special services and accommodations (i.e. IEPs, 504s) available in schools for students with special needs of all types; and,

2) Navigate the paths to securing said services and show how clinicians can support parents in capturing these services and using them in the most effective ways possible.