Published online June 1, 2007
PEDIATRICS Vol. 119 No. 6 June 2007, pp. 1218-1223 (doi:10.1542/peds.2007-0885)
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POLICY STATEMENT

Provision of Educationally Related Services for Children and Adolescents With Chronic Diseases and Disabling Conditions

Council on Children With Disabilities

Children and adolescents with chronic diseases and disabling conditions often need educationally related services. As medical home providers, physicians and other health care professionals can assist children, adolescents, and their families with the complex federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and systems associated with these services. Expanded roles for physicians and other health care professionals in individualized family service plan, individualized education plan, and Section 504 plan development and implementation are recommended. Recent updates to the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act will also affect these services. Funding for these services by private and nonprivate sources also continue to affect the availability of these educationally related services.

The complex range of federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and systems for special education and related services for children and adolescents in public schools is beyond the scope of this statement. Readers are referred to the American Academy of Pediatrics policy statement "The Pediatrician's Role in Development and Implementation of an Individual Education Plan (IEP) and/or an Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP)" for additional background materials. The focus of this statement is the role that health care professionals have in determining and managing educationally related services in the school setting.

This policy statement is a revision of a previous statement, "Provision of Educationally Related Services for Children and Adolescents With Chronic Diseases and Disabling Conditions," published in February 2000 by the Committee on Children With Disabilities (http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/pediatrics;105/2/448).

Key Words: IEP • IDEA • Section 504 • related services • special education • ICIDH-2 • physician's role • children with chronic diseases and disabilities

Abbreviations: IDEA—Individuals With Disabilities Education Act • IEP—individualized education plan


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The following policy statement has been revised:

Provision of Educationally-Related Services for Children and Adolescents With Chronic Diseases and Disabling Conditions

Pediatrics 105: 448-451. [Full Text]



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