The purpose of IDEA...

special education law, is to ensure that all children have available to them a free appropriate public education that emphasizes special education and related services designed to meet their unique needs and prepare them for further education, employment, and independent living; to ensure that the rights of children with disabilities and parents of such children are protected…

The purpose of Section 504...

is to empower individuals with

disabilities to maximize

employment, economic self-sufficiency, independence, and

inclusion and integration into

society through comprehensive

and coordinated state-of-the-art

programs of vocational

rehabilitation, independent

living centers and services,

research, training, demonstration

projects, and the guarantee

of equal opportunity.

Favorite quotes...

l      “If you wouldn’t do it to an adult, don’t do it to a child.”      Rick LaVoie

l      “Children do well if they can.”           Ross Greene

l      “I am not your response.”         Claudia Lowe