504 Case Study

On March 23, 2016, I observed a 504 meeting. A 504 is not the same as an IEP meeting.

Students who are under the category of a 504 plan, a student have a physical or mental disability that essentially hinders a student schooling. An IEP, or Individualized Educational Plan, is for those students who have a learning impairment that develops in school. Student A meeting was differently from an IEP meeting, because the students was not there for any intellectual disabilities. Student A meeting was conducted because of health issues. This student has Type 2 diabetes and is constantly is missing school due to his serve condition. Student A has missed over half of the school year. Even though he makes up the work he is missing out on the lessons

One of the accommodation was that Student A was granted more time to pass in late assignments. Originally students who miss a day of school are allowed one day to complete and pass in their work. Student A has three days to complete all missing assignments. This adaptation provide Student A more time to complete assignment and to actually have time to go to extra help to get answers on lessons that he did not understand. It gives Student A has less stress to complete an assignment on time furthering is motivation to try and to finish the work. Another accommodation that Student A has was allowing to keep his phone on at all times, able to text him parents in case of emergencies, if necessary to eat in class, and to leave 5 minutes early to check his blood sugar. All of these adaptation has the student improve his responsible in managing his health problem. The last recommendation that parents and teachers talked about was to have Student A pick his classes for high school. Meaning that he would be able make a schedule that would more suitable for his health problem. For instance, Student A usually misses first period, so for high school, his first period would be a class that was not detrimental in his learning. In the conferences there was not discussion about making up test or quizzes. I assume that Student A will be given an assessment either before or after school. The main goals and objectives for the 504 plan was to go over the previous accommodations that was established and to add or remove any procedures that the student may or may need use in high