The mom said he had not been tested for spec ed.
I have never had a student on a 504 who had been tested for spec ed. Is there
something in spec ed law that would indicate that a 504 student should have
been tested for spec ed?
Jan
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From: Beverlee Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> If he's on a 504, he very likely has been tested for SPED.
>
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]> Date: Wed, 12 Sep
> > 2007
> 01:27:08 +0000> Subject: [MOSAIC] question about a student> > I have just
> finished my first week of school. By that I mean to let you know that I don't
> know my students well yet. I teach 8th grade, and by that I mean to let you
> know
> that I don't have the same students in my room most of the day.> > I have a
> student with a 504 plan for ADHD. The plan does not say much. I talked to the
> student's mom yesterday. The mom said that the student cannot write. He *can*
> write, but not well, and he does not write much. He cannot copy from the
> overhead. He cannot read a page in a text and write about what he read.> > I
> want to use sticky notes and reading response for fiction and nonfiction, but
> according to what the mom told me yesterday, her son cannot do that. Students
> in
> 8th grade also have to write a major research paper, but I don't think this
> student can take notes from sources to put together to write a paper.> > The
> mom
> told me that over the summer she paid thousands of dollars to have her son
> tested by a private agency. (I do not know why the school did not test him
> for
> special ed.) She does not have the results of the tests yet.> > In the
> meantime,
> I need some ideas about what to do. I have already arranged to meet with the
> student one day a week after school to talk about what he understands, but
> one
> day will not be enough to help him with everything. I cannot work with this
> student every day -- I don't have the time.> > Suggestions? Thoughts?
> Comments?>
> Thanks!> Jan> >
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