Guest guest Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Hi Judy. I would 2nd Chris's idea to contact your district's director of special education. That is what my local chapter of NAMI suggested and for my daughter it made all the difference in the world. We really do have a lot of accommodations in my daughter's 504 and the director thought, in the end, the 504 would look better for when she applies to college. We were told they would switch her to an IEP if they really felt it was something they couldn't put in her 504, but so far so good. My daughter has safe places/people in her plan, but does not have a behavior plan, so I don't know if that can go in a 504. My dd is much more likely to bolt from the school or not go at all when she isn't doing well. She hasn't caused other behavior problems at school, at least not yet, and hopefully she won't. Good luck. Kim In a message dated 1/17/2008 10:13:34 A.M. Central Standard Time, jchabot@... writes: Hi Kim, I have been speaking with several different advocates over the past few days that are not sure if they HAVE to evaluate my daughter either. I don't want to file mediation or anything like that unless I have to, but I need a behavioral intervention plan in place , just in case she does something awful(You know what I mean, with the bipolar on top of it all. Anything could change at any given time!)They put down that she would get a behavioral plan IF NEEDED. Well, that could be too late!!! I don't understand this school system! They did say they could add accomodations into the 504, but than after speaking to advocates they told me they don't want the IEP because than they have to reach certain goals, but they don't understand how they could deny her an evaluation. Well , thank you for listening!!!W Hugs Judy **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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