{"id":152,"date":"2009-03-23T08:55:59","date_gmt":"2009-03-23T13:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=152"},"modified":"2009-03-23T08:55:59","modified_gmt":"2009-03-23T13:55:59","slug":"is-a-child-with-addadhd-entitled-to-special-ed-services-under-idea-a-504-plan-under-section-504","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/is-a-child-with-addadhd-entitled-to-special-ed-services-under-idea-a-504-plan-under-section-504\/","title":{"rendered":"Is a Child with ADD\/ADHD Entitled to Special Ed Services Under IDEA? A 504 Plan Under Section 504?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"Is%20a%20Child%20with%20ADD%2FADHD%20Entitled%20to%20Special%20Ed%20Services%20Under%20IDEA%3F%20A%20504%20Plan%20Under%20Section%20504%3F%20%20\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>For parents, teachers, related services providers, and school administrators who have questions about whether children with ADD\/ADHD qualify for special education services under IDEA, please read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/law\/code_regs\/OSEP_Memorandum_ADD_1991.html\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Joint Policy Memorandum on ADD\/ADHD<\/span><\/a> published in 1991.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/law\/code_regs\/OSEP_Memorandum_ADD_1991.html\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/law\/code_regs\/OSEP_Memorandum_ADD_1991.html<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This Memorandum was published jointly by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, the Office for Civil Rights,  and the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. The Memo clarifies that children with ADD\/ADHD may be eligible for special education services under three IDEA disability categories &#8211; SLD, OHI, and ED. <!--more-->It also describes the circumstances under which schools must provide services and supports under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.<\/p>\n<p>The Memorandum begins with this statement:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is a growing awareness in the education community that attention deficit disorder (ADD) and attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) can result in significant learning problems for children with those conditions &#8230; &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You should also read the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/add.eval.ocrmemo.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">OCR Memorandum: Evaluation of Children Who May Have ADD\/ADHD<\/span><\/a>&#8221; published in 1992.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/add.eval.ocrmemo.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/add.eval.ocrmemo.htm<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The OCR Memorandum is &#8220;intended to clarify the responsibility of LEAs (school districts) to evaluate children suspected of having ADD, based on parental request.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Under Section 504, if parents believe their child has a disability, whether by ADD or any other impairment, and the LEA has reason to believe the child needs special education or related services, the LEA must evaluate the child to determine whether he or she is disabled as defined by Section 504 &#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After reading these two Memoranda, you will have a clear sense of what the laws require schools to do for children who may have ADD\/ADHD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For parents, teachers, related services providers, and school administrators who have questions about whether children with ADD\/ADHD qualify for special education services under IDEA, please read the Joint Policy Memorandum <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/is-a-child-with-addadhd-entitled-to-special-ed-services-under-idea-a-504-plan-under-section-504\/\">Continue Reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,35,57,5,1274,9,11,64],"tags":[238,1307,296,1301,259,297,298,295,294,1297,282],"class_list":["post-152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advocacy","category-eligibility","category-fape","category-idea-2004","category-related-services","category-section-504","category-special-ed-law","category-special-education-regulations","tag-add","tag-adhd","tag-ed","tag-eligibility","tag-idea","tag-office-for-civil-rights-ocr","tag-office-of-special-education-and-rehabilitative-services","tag-ohi","tag-osep","tag-section-504","tag-sld"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":863,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152\/revisions\/863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}