504s and Special Services | ADHD Information
All I will say is fight to keep the IEP no matter what. in my experience, once they drop the IEP they won't want to do anything at all.
The only thing will be that the student is still acknowledged to have an issue and be "protected." I am fighting right now to get the IEP back since my son's neuro psych came back with him meeting DSM-IV criteria for SO many things.
It seems that I read a posting here that a student could recieve special services on a 504. Is anyone aware of what types of services could be recieved? I am asking in regard to a student whose district wants to take them off an IEP because the state says that the service recieved was not special instruction. Your school district should have a 504 Coordinator who can go over the school district's policies with you. I don't believe they are the same for all school districts. My nephew must stay in speech therapy (even though the therapist says his stutter is anxiety related and not a speech pathology) in order to get an IEP for help with reading comprehension. The speech therapist is working on sequencing and other kind of non-speech issues, because he really needs an IEP to be successful, but is not LD diagnosable despite a marginally low IQ and strong comprehension problems. And, he's 11 now and simply will not tolerate any more testing!I agree with keeping the IEP. By law the school must follow it. Thanks for your input. The parent will be fighting to retain the IEP and I had suggested several websites, not to feel pressured into signing anything yet, contacting DOE and an attorney knowledgeable about this area of educational law and the 504 coordinator at some point.Thanks for everyone's input!
If a 504 is all your left with are there any services available to help the child?
Has the child be reevaluated through testing and found to no longer qualify? I think the 504 student only gets classroom accommodations, manifestation determination rights, and any other services offered to all other students who qualify-- such as extra reading assistance or a math tutor. And at my son's school they can also have a Behavioral Intervention Plan.My son will be going into 3rd grade. He has a 504 plan (ADHD and Tourettes Syndrome). No time limits on tests (this helped greatly during the FCAT!). He can get up and walk around when he needs to. He only has to do odd or even numbered items in homework assignments. He can go out of the classroom if he needs to tic, and similar things. A little help can go a looooong way... O.K. Then, I'll just sum some things up. If she qualified for SPED, they should not be able to remove her without testing her to see if she no longer qualifies. If by testing they find she does not, they can remove her. The parents can disagree and the "stay put" clause will go into effect, until the dispute is resolved, through private testing, mediation, and/or due process. If they are saying that she never should have been classified as SPED, that's their problem. It's now up to them to prove she no longer qualifies. To qualify, it needs to be proven that she must have modifications in order to be successful, and modifications are modifying the curriculum and/or offering specialized instruction to meet her academic needs. If she does not need this and only needs accommodations to the curriuculm, the school can say she only qualifies for a 504.Once again I want to thank everyone for their thoughts on this subject. I am a bit in a tricky situation here and am not comfortable offering any more information about the student or district since he/she is not my own child. I am just trying to help a parent retain and improve services for their child.
Thanks again!
I will get back to you later. I need to go to a school jazz Concert