504’S | ADHD Information

My son is in 6th grade and has had a 504 plan for 3 years now. There aren't any cons except that you better make sure all of the teachers are following his accommodations. We just had a bad experience at middle school this year because of having 6 teachers instead of one in elementary. 3 of them were not letting us know that he was not doing his class or homework until he has grades of a 19, 33 & 42. We wrote a letter to the principal ( at the guidance counselors advice ) telling him that we felt our son and ourselves were discriminated against, he was very upset with the teachers and insured us that not only would he talk to them but he also put it in the counselors hands to check with the teachers weekly to be sure they are following the plan. So far his grades are gradually coming up. If your child has more than one teacher my suggestion would be for you to either have monthly 504 meetings with all teachers present or at least call the school and ask to speak to each teacher during their planning period. Let me know if you want some ideas for what should go on your 504 plan. Good luck !

Great timing for this subject. 

Nascar I would like to hear the ideas you could share.  I am curretnly Homeschooling my son.  (7 gifted/adhd/odd).  But it's very costly to pay for someone to watch my son while I work.  Long/short- I am going through my secound round of the 504/IEP, and have a meeting later this month.

Thank for any advice you could offer.

michelle

For those of you who have placed your child on a 504- can you please tell me the pro's vs. the con's of it? The school has recommended it for my son & I really don't know which way to go- thanks!A 504 will allow your son to have accommodations, and will make it "official".  Basically there are two ways to get accommodations - with a 504 or an IEP.  A 504 will provide accommodations that allow access to the education, but not guarantee benefit from the education; an IEP guarantees the student will benefit from the education, but to qualify for an IEP you need to be eligible for special education services (have a learning disability, or the AD/HD is so bad it interferes with learning can be classified as 'OHI' ... other health impaired).

With a 504 you can get accommodations such as preferred seating, extra set of textbooks (for use at home), take tests in resource room, shortened assignments, etc.

I don't know of a con to having a 504, except it's not an IEP.