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Essential Components of a 504 Plan:
Accommodations and Modifications to Meet Students’ Needs
Presented by Parris Taylor, Esq.
Thursday | April 9, 2026 • 2 - 3:30 p.m. ET
REGISTER NOWAccommodations and modifications have distinct purposes and impact how a student participates in classroom instruction. But even experienced staff have difficulty differentiating between the two. In this live webinar, attorney Parris Taylor will clear up the confusion and break down the issues your special education team should address on your mission to offer FAPE.
You’ll gain an understanding of Section 504’s mandates and what OCR says about providing FAPE based on individual student needs. Then, through practical tips and specific examples, he’ll guide your team through better analyzing and meeting that FAPE requirement, distinguishing "accommodations" and "modifications," and applying lessons from recent cases on specific accommodations and modifications that meet students’ needs.
You and your team will walk away equipped to:
- Discern differences in the FAPE requirements under 504 and the IDEA
- Develop appropriate, legally compliant 504 plans
- Determine which accommodation(s) and/or modification(s) will meet a student’s particular needs
- Recognize when a student with a 504 plan should be referred for an IDEA evaluation
- Understand modification of the curriculum
- And more
And with two breaks for Q&A, you’ll be able to get this attorney’s guidance on your specific compliance questions.
About the Presenter
Parris Taylor is Special Counsel in Hammonds, Sills, Adkins, Guice, Noah & Perkins' Baton Rouge, Louisiana office where he focuses on special education.
Mr. Taylor joined the firm after recently retiring from the Louisiana Department of Education’s Executive Counsel team where he served as the statewide coordinator of the dispute resolution program for students with disabilities. He is also a former IDEA administrative law judge and deputy general counsel with the state's division of administrative law.
He began his practice of law as a child support attorney with the department of children and family services and then as a child protection attorney with the office of child welfare.
Who Should Attend
- School administrators
- School attorneys
- Special education directors
- Section 504 coordinators
- IEP team members
- Section 504 team members
- School nurses
- School psychologists
- School counselors
- Special education teachers
- General education teachers
- Other school employees involved in the IEP or 504 process
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