What do you do when your child won't follow his IEP/504?

[Guest guest]

We had a meeting not too long ago with the school and a 504 was put

into place. I felt pretty comfortable with the objectives put into

play and the scenarios set up to deal with those objectives.

The problem we're running into is that my son won't follow them!

For example, Trevor has time management issues so we thought maybe

putting a timer into play in the classroom would be a more tangible

way for him (and everyone else in the classroom) to track those time

constraints. The teacher was very good about not making a big deal of

it, not directing it towards my son, not setting it on his desk, etc.

but as soon as he figured out what it was for, he began hiding the

timer!!

Trevor is very conscious of standing out to the other kids and it

breaks my heart but I have to weigh that against helping him succeed

more academically.

Because of the whole trial and error feel to all of this, I feel like

I'm floundering a bit. During the 504 meeting, they asked me for

suggestions on how to deal with some of his " quirks " and I wasn't sure

exactly how to answer. I know what works at home but that's not in a

group of 28 kids with only one teacher to handle it all and it's

certainly not dealing with the scale that he does at school. I sort

of thought maybe the group of teachers and administrators would have

some suggestions to put into play but they seemed as clueless as I

feel some days!

I'm just sort of stymied and any input would be great.

Thanks!

Nikki