Education Support

• Academic instruction
• Special education eligibility and individual education plan (IEP) meeting support
• Partnership with school districts in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia for home and hospital teaching services and transition back to school.

To be able to receive special education, a child must have a disability and must need special education services and/or related services. If a child has a disability but does not need special education services, the child is not eligible for special education under the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) but may be eligible for assistance under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Decisions about special education eligibility must be made by a school-based team that includes the child's parent(s). Eligibility decisions are based on evaluations of the child. Parents may receive copies of all evaluation reports and documentation about how eligibility decisions are made.

IDEA lists 13 disability categories: autism, deafness, deaf-blindness, hearing impairment, intellectual disability, multiple disabilities, orthopedic impairment, other health impairment, serious emotional disturbance, specific learning disability, speech or language impairment, traumatic brain injury and visual impairment, including blindness.

For more information about special education, visit:

• Association for Curriculum Development
• Council for Exceptional Children
• National Education Association
• Reaching At Promise Students Association
• U.S. Department of Education

We offer the Equipment Clinic at:

• The HSC Pediatric Center
  1731 Bunker Hill Road, NE
  Washington, DC 20017
   
• The HSC Outpatient Center
  Prince George's County Location
  4500 Forbes Boulevard
  Lanham, MD 20706
  
• Montgomery County Location
  14995 Shady Grove Road, 
  Suite 200 Rockville, MD 20850
  
  To schedule an appointment, call 202-635-6167 weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
   
• Mobility Machine, Eastern Shore of Maryland
  To make a referral or schedule a clinic in your area, contact Shannon Bowles, PT, ATP/SMS at 1-888-318-5380 or sbowles@hospsc.org.