504 - WAS Re: School troubles again

[Guest guest]

, here's a couple quick links to info on 504 Plans. Also, if

the school feels Kelsey is coping just fine without supports then

you'll have to change their minds - as in, for example, all the

support she's given for homework, staying on task, needing

assignments written down or else she doesn't remember..... THEN she

should be able to get a 504 Plan, which, as you'll read somewhere

about them (504's) just " levels the playing field " for a child, puts

them at equal footing with others (average kids). Hope you can find

something useful at these sites:

http://specialed.about.com/cs/section504/index.htm?terms=Section+504

http://www.reedmartin.com/servicesfor504students.html

> > > I maintain that it is NOT asking too much for

> > the teachers to

> > provide a hard copy of the assignment, not just

> > write it on the

> > board. In the real world, I get my assignments in

> > writing--hard copy

> > or at least email. But the whining I get when I

> > ask for this. Last

> > year they said they didn't have enough paper! So

> > I offered to give

> > each of his teachers a ream of paper. Never heard

> > that stupid excuse

> > again.

> > >

> > > Judy

> > > Re: School troubles

> > again

> > >

> > >

> > > Dear ,

> > > Lots of sympathy here - I have a 10

> > year old girl who

> > sounds EXACTLY

> > > like your son. She doesn't have an IEP yet,

> > but if we have

> > another year like

> > > last year... oh boy. I, too, started the year

> > with high hopes,

> > and then on

> > > Friday she came home with her weekly report,

> > showing that she was

> > missing an

> > > assignment. She has no idea what the missing

> > assignment is, has

> > no memory of

> > > ever hearing of it, etc. Last year she NEVER

> > brought the right

> > things home,

> > > even though the teacher agreed to sign off on

> > her homework folder

> > every day -

> > > she did, but she never really read it first!!!

> >

> > > I don't think you are expecting too

> > much -if it's in his

> > IEP then

> > > they HAVE to do it, and no, the second week of

> > school is not too

> > early for a

> > > second set of books!! It's so unbelievably

> > hard for these kids to

> > be like

> > > this. They don't WANT to be this scattered,

> > and all they hear is

> > criticism

> > > from all sides (including their parents - I'm

> > guilty of jumping

> > on her with

> > > " WHAT?? You didn't bring your book home

> > AGAIN?!?). I'd call the

> > school and

> > > complain loudly (but politely).

> > > Good luck - let us know what happens!

> >

> >

> >

> >