This page lists the official CAPSES Code of Ethics that Members must abide by and is provided for your reference.
With respect to parents, CAPSES Members...
Enlist their assistance towards the most rapid development and normalization of their child.
Provide information, guidance, and training that leads parents to understand and take effective action concerning their child's handicapping condition(s).
Provide periodic information regarding their child's handicapping condition(s).
Provide periodic information concerning their child's progress in member programs, that is in the best interest of the child and of the parent.
Provide information and assistance concerning the child's and parent's legal rights and protections.
Provide information and assistance concerning the child's social service and other needs that extend beyond special education per se.
With respect to students, CAPSES Members...
Implement programs and otherwise provide access to environments that lead students to acquire the skills they need to become productive citizens with maximum independence and maximum normalization as quickly as possible.
Implement programs and otherwise provide access to environments that lead students to enjoy learning and to feel good about themselves.
Continually monitor its programs in order to ensure that only those that are effective with respect to the preceding concerns will be practiced.
Continually monitor its programs so that aversive stimulation will not be used inappropriately, and so that, when aversive stimulation is used, its frequency and intensity of use will be minimized.
