Ms. Enid Zamora LCSW

Welcome to the School Counseling Program of BridgePrep Academy of Riverview. We are compromised in collaborating to meet the unique needs of each student through a culturally sensitive developmental counseling model. By means of coordinating, counseling and consulting and through the use of driven activities, student will be assisted in reaching their highest potential.

List of Services

1) Individual Counseling  (Short-term counseling)
Individual sessions help students cope with challenges in their lives, gain self-confidence, learn social skills, manage anger and emotions, and develop other essential life skills.

2) Section 504
SECTION 504 OF THE REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973 AND THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES AMENDMENTS ACT OF 2008

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA) are civil rights legislation that protects the civil and constitutional rights of persons with disabilities. The laws state that “No otherwise qualified disabled individual in the United States…shall, solely by reason of his disability, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.” Students determined qualified under Section 504 cannot be discriminated against based on their disability.

As applied to schools, Section 504 broadly prohibits the denial of public education participation, or enjoyment of the benefits offered by public school programs because of a student’s disability. The law recognizes that equal treatment and services may not be sufficient to convey equal benefit. For nondiscrimination to occur, the school must provide services that level the playing field so that 504 eligible students have equal participation and opportunity for benefit.

Section 504 does not include a list of specific diseases or conditions considered physical or mental impairments due to the difficulty of ensuring the comprehensiveness of such a list. Students are considered disabled under Prong 1 of Section 504 if they have a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities (learning or schooling is considered a major life activity).

Prong 2: Individuals with a record or history of a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the individual’s major life activities are protected from discrimination under Section 504.

Prong 3: Individuals who are regarded as having a physical or mental impairment when in fact such impairment may or may not actually exist are also protected from discrimination under Section 504, although they would not require the accommodations provided by a Section 504 Accommodation Plan.

Students described in Prongs Two and Three are protected from discrimination under Section 504, even though they are not individuals with a current substantiated disability under Section 504 for which accommodations may be necessary and therefore would not require an accommodation plan.

All students with disabilities under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) are also considered disabled under Section 504. However, not all students with a disability under Section 504 are considered disabled under the IDEA.

DISCRIMINATION
Discrimination under Section 504 occurs when an institution engages in any of the following practices:

1. Denial of the opportunity to participate in or to benefit from a service, educational program or activity that is afforded to students who are not disabled. 2. Provision of the opportunity to participate in or to benefit from a service, educational program, or activity which is not equal to that afforded to others. 3. Provision of aids, benefits, or services that are not as effective as those provided to others. 4. Provision of different or separate benefits or services unless such action is necessary to be effective. 5. Selecting a site or location that effectively excludes persons with disabilities or subjects them to discrimination.