URGENT: Help keep "ADHD Guidance Letter" - tell D.O.E.

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www.additudemag.com/adhd-guidelines-department-of-education/

Call to Action: Department of Education May Eliminate Critical ADHD Guidelines

The Trump administration is planning to rescind a key civil rights protection for students with ADHD. Contact the U.S. Department of Education by September 20,2017 to explain why our children need the “ADHD Guidance Letter” to remain in place...

...The Dear Colleague letter provides the guidance educators need to identify struggling students with ADHD, and the help districts need to set up supports and services in accordance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. A school district’s failure to provide adequate support to students with ADHD could, the letter warned, result in a loss of federal funding.

Examples of what to say in your letter can be found at www.additudemag.com/sample-letter-department-of-education-to-preserve-adhd-student-rights/

The direct link to the “Dear Colleague Letter and Resource Guide on ADHD” can be found on the DOE website: www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/letters/colleague-201607-504-adhd.pdf

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This Resource Guide is of particular importance to ADHD students.
As schools categorise ADHD under 'Other Health Impairment'.
I have heard of schools refusing to provide any support to ADHD students, stating that it is a medical condition and the sole responsibility of the parents.
This Resource Guide, is the only thing that parents can turn to.
That clearly outlines schools responsibility.

Though I also just read in EdWeek, that IDEA could come up for re-authorisation and De Vos is looking at revising it?

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Unfortunately, DeVos does not impress most of us in a positive way: millermom.proboards.com/thread/14403/betsy-devos-education-secretary-proposals