IEPs and 504 Plans in K-12 and Beyond: The Role of Primary Care Providers

Overview:

Nationwide, approximately 14% of public school children receive special education services, and 1.5% receive services under a section 504 plan. A vast number of medical and psychological diagnoses could qualify a child or adolescent for these supports, but many families struggle to navigate the educational system. These families are attending well child visits and expressing their concerns about their child’s academic achievement, behaviors, and/or health conditions. This places primary care providers in an important role to educate, collaborate, and advocate with families and schools about their patients’ needs to ensure positive health outcomes.

Objectives:

1. By the end of this presentation learners will be able to:1.  Identify presenting concerns treated in Well Child Clinics that may qualify for section 504 and/or individualized education plans.
2.   Explain key differences between section 504 plans and individualized education plans.
3. Discuss 2-3 ways they can support families who are seeking section 504 and/or individualized education plans.

Presenter:

Ellen Joseph, MA
Psychology Resident
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Integrated Primary Care Behavioral Health, Family Health Center
UT Health San Antonio

 

Financial Disclosures:

Ellen Joseph, MA and her faculty mentor Stacy Ogeide, PsyD have no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.

The Family & Community Medicine Professional Development and Grand Rounds Committee members (Mark Nadeau, MD, Marcy Wiemers, MD, Maria Del Pilar Montañez Villacampa, MD, Christine Song, DO, Nehman Andry, MD, Gabriela Gibson Lopez, PsyD, Yun Shi, MD, Stacy Ogbeide, PsyD, Inez I. Cruz, PhD, and Nichole Rubio) have no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.

The Family & Community Medicine Professional Development and Grand Rounds Committee member Carlos Roberto Jaén, MD has disclosed he receives royalties from General Practice and Family Medicine for being UpToDate Editor-in-Chief.

Credits:

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hours), Non-Physician Participation Credit (1.00 hours)

Target Audience:

Specialties – Primary Care; Family Medicine
Faculty, residents, other health care providers and staff from our department; physicians and health care providers from San Antonio and South Texas; and medical students in our third-year clerkship and fourth year rotations.

Accreditation:

The UT Health Science Center San Antonio is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation:

The UT Health Science Center San Antonio designates this live activity up to a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses and other healthcare professionals will receive a Certificate of Attendance. For information on applicability and acceptance, please consult your professional licensing board.

For activity related questions, please contact:
Name: Nichole Rubio- FCM Grand Rounds Coordinator
Email: rubion@uthscsa.edu

For CME general questions, please contact
Ph: (210) 567-4445
Email: cme@uthscsa.edu