Making Sense of the Supreme Court of the United States Decision in Endrew F v. Douglas County School District

By Alyson D Stover, MOT, JD, OTR/L 1. What was the Court's decision? On March 22, 2017, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) made a decision in the highly monitored Individuals with Disabilities (IDEA) case, Endrew F v. Douglas County School District (Endrew)). Although the IDEA has seen Congressional amendments in 1998 and 2004, it has not received judicial attention at the Supreme Court level since 1982 in Board of