Creating Emergency Plans for Students with Disabilities
By Tod SchneiderJournal | May/June 2024
As school district decision-makers, you might have two elephants in the middle of the room: crisis planning in general and crisis planning for campuses serving individuals with access or functional needs (AFN), or disabilities of any kind. These challenges cover a wide range of issues, from twisted ankles to traumatic brain injuries and everything in between. Chances are your overall plan needs some serious editing, which can be quite a bit of work already. But as for your AFN plans, in many schools they don’t exist. Accommodating for individuals with AFN, in case you were wondering, is not a crisis plan.
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