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Special Needs: Scholastic Disability Accommodations from K-12 and Transitions to Higher Education

  • Complex Medical-Psychiatric Issues (MB Riba, Section Editor)
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The number of students entering post-secondary education with already diagnosed disabilities is on the rise and mirrors the percentage of children in primary and secondary public schools with registered disabilities. Requirements governed by civil rights laws fundamentally change when comparing the support schools have to provide to students during primary and secondary school with disability access in postsecondary higher education. Psychiatrists may be asked to assist with scholastic disability at any stage of education and need to know about available supports and the parameters of disability in schools. Specifically, special attention should to be made in preparation for transition to postsecondary education when prior accommodations exist.

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  1. Psychiatry Service, Student Health Center, 501 Student Health, Irvine, CA, 92697-5200, USA

    Vivien Chan

  2. Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior, UCI Health, University of California, Irvine, USA

    Vivien Chan

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Vivien Chan owns noncontrolling stock in Eli Lilly, Bristol Myer Squibb, and Abbot Laboratories.

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Chan, V. Special Needs: Scholastic Disability Accommodations from K-12 and Transitions to Higher Education. Curr Psychiatry Rep 18, 21 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-015-0645-2

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