A Section 504 plan describes the accommodations that the school will provide to support the student’s education. The team that determined the student’s eligibility for Section 504 and identified the needed accommodations will write the accommodation plan.

Children with Down syndrome can attend mainstream schools. Many students with Down syndrome reach Year 12 and go on to post-school training or tertiary education.

According to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), public schools must create an IEP for all children needing special education accommodations. From the age of 3 until graduating from high school, students may be eligible for an IEP. Your child’s annual goals (updated each year)

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a critical piece of civil rights legislation that details the rights of a child with a disability to a “free, appropriate, public education” (FAPE) in the “least restrictive environment” (LRE) and provides a mechanism for due process if a violation of these …

One chromosome in each pair comes from your father, the other from your mother. Down syndrome results when abnormal cell division involving chromosome 21 occurs. These cell division abnormalities result in an extra partial or full chromosome 21.

In organising support for the student with Down syndrome, the class teacher should aim to:

• Keep withdrawal to a minimum and give the child access to as much of the normal curriculum as possible.
• Encourage the child to become an independent learner.
• Foster co-operative working with other children in the class.

Call the Down’s syndrome Association helpline on 0333 121 2300 for advice or the parent lead support organisation Positive About Down’s syndrome. For more information and advice, read about children and young people’s services and assessing your care needs.