Special Education is an interdisciplinary, student support system committed to innovation in education. Local administrators make a difference in the quality and future of the lives of individuals with exceptionalities and their families within the educational system and the community. CASE is an integral part of the Council for Exceptional Children and provides a unique vehicle to accomplish our respective missions. The Council of Administrators of Special Education is an international professional educational organization which is affiliated with the Council for Exceptional Children whose members are dedicated to the enhancement of the worth, dignity, potential, and uniqueness of each individual in society. Those who receive special education services are individuals who possess basic rights and responsibilities, and who command respect at all times.
Special education embraces the right to a free appropriate public education.
This Statement of Ethics provides conduct guidelines to administrators of special education in carrying out duties and responsibilities consistent with the delivery of professional and quality educational services. The development of a Statement of Ethics is an essential characteristic of a profession and provides one means for the exercise of professional self-regulation. It indicates a profession's acceptance of the responsibility and trust with which it has been invested by society. Each Special Education Administrator entering the profession inherits a measure of that responsibility and trust and the obligation to adhere to the profession's code of ethical conduct. It is the responsibility of a professional association to provide measures to judge the competency of its membership and to evaluate the quality of its services.