IEP or 504: Which Are We Heading Toward?

Has your child been diagnosed with anxiety, ADHD, autism, learning disability, or sensory processing disorder?

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Is your child's anxiety affecting their access to instruction (missing class, refusing to attend, cannot perform on tests)?

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Has the school already tried general accommodations and they didn't work?

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Does your child need specially designed instruction (not just accommodations), for example explicit instruction in a learning skill?

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Has the teacher mentioned concerns more than once?

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Is the gap between potential and performance widening?

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Have you put concerns in writing to the school yet?

Often Sometimes Rarely Never

Do you know the difference between accommodations and modifications?

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Do you know your state's IEP timeline (referral to evaluation to meeting)?

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Are you ready for a meeting where the team disagrees with you?

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