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My kids have them. They provide accommodations for students in school. They are kinda like "mini IEP" as I understand it. It isn't "special ed" but

Posted by oblique (aka kkuphal) Aug 10 '20, 10:09

just little changes. For example, my kids 504 plans included things like

- Preferential seating in class (can basically pick whatever seat they want)
- Can use laptop/phone in class to take photos of notes/assignments
- Can request electronic copies of teacher lectures when needed
- Can request extra time/private room for test taking

stuff like that

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Wait, how do you get those? -- nm - Spawn Aug 10, 10:36 5
- In IL we set up a meeting with the school to have the kids evaluated. It was a pretty standard process they go through. Since ours were getting it - oblique Aug 10, 10:38 4
  - His *2nd* grade teacher wanted to hold him back and put him on meds. Seems like the concept would have been mentioned. -- nm* - Spawn Aug 10, 10:42 3
    - Yeah, that is odd. I'm always wary of schools deciding treatment for kids. On the flip side, we have been exceptionally happy with our Psychologist - oblique Aug 10, 11:04 2
      - We went to our doctor and he said, "What kind of grades is he getting?" "As". - Spawn Aug 10, 11:17 1
        
        Good. Our kids were also getting good grades but it sometimes was more work/hassle than it needed to be. A lot of that related to my son's auditory - oblique Aug 10, 11:20
Those are just called "adaptations" here. -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 10:16 4
- 504 refers to the federal statute number Like so many things. -- nm - spamlet Aug 10, 10:18 3
  - Yeah. If anyone is truly interested... -- (link) - oblique Aug 10, 10:18 2
    - This maps pretty closely to our IPPs and Adaptations. -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 10:20 1
      - It only took me until this part of the conversation to go "Oh, yeah. Canada" -- nm - oblique Aug 10, 10:21

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