Edited by Rachel Broderick, Esq.

Know where OCR stands before you step out of compliance. Packed with fundamental guidelines and benchmarks, this is your how-to manual for understanding your legal responsibilities and determining eligibility for students with asthma, ADHD, food allergies and more. Ensure your assessment procedures and documentation comply with the law with best practices to:

• Recognize signs that an impairment may make a child eligible under 504
• Respond when a parent requests a Section 504 evaluation
• Proceed despite not having medical documentation of a student's disability
• Recognize the role of mitigating measures in determining Section 504 eligibility
• And more!

Plus, you find out how districts fared in OCR investigations regarding child find, IEPs, consent to evaluate and other legal issues, teaching you valuable do and don’t lessons.