This is what should have been done for my son when he was recovering from brain
tumor surgery his sophomore year. I believe it was because the school chose to
ignore his needs because his IQ was still above 180 after surgery. They saw his
falling asleep in class, and sudden onset of slow
I think plenty and that the number of students treated in this way has
probably grown in a direction proportion to the intensity of pressure on the
school as a result of NCLB.
Lori
On 9/15/07 3:14 AM, Joy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is what should have been done for my son when he was
In a message dated 9/14/2007 8:56:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL
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writes:
As far as I can tell for a student with a 504 plan for ADHD the only thing
necessary is for the parent to say the student has ADHD and for the teachers
to agree that's probably true. (Although the
I know there are some of you out there who have done Debbie Millers' file
folder lesson for teaching schema and connections. We are probably using this
one for our next round of lesson study. What I am interested in hearing from
all of you is how it has gone for you and what modifications
This thread on ADHD and 504 plans has been interesting. It seems that ADHD
is handled differently throughout the country. My school district does not
place children who are diagnosed with ADHD on a 504. These children usually
qualify for sped services as health impaired. Then it is determined
Last year I had a student diagonosed with ADHD and in NJ he was not eligible
for special ed. services (with an IEP) but he was eligible for a 504. In
previous years, I have done a Connor's scale observation for students who I
suspected had an attentional problem for their pediatrican. My
I have used the file folder lesson several times. I teach fourth grade.
I actually took file folders, glued a book pocket that said Trash on the
outside of it, and a blank book pocket on the inside. Then I laminated
them. I made about 20 of them so I can reuse them each year and the
students
I know I posted a very long reply to the original post but I have a
question and didn't want it to get lost. I am actually hesitant to ask
this question but it is one that I have been struggling with and would
like to know others' opinions and views.
As I said in my other post, I have been using
I think that you are right to want the children/teachers to have the
opportunity to use the format, but maybe not the same books. Have you
discussed with your Literacy Coach the idea of maybe having a day where the
other grades could look at this, then come back together with books that they
