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504 PLANS!!!

by Kat

Mar 7, 2011

Hello. I am a school counselor in New Jersey. I have a 504 plan question since in most districts it is the counselor who coordinates 504 plans. Have you ever created a 504 plan for a student who DOES NOT have a medical diagnosis? The language says a 504 plan can be created for a student who is "regarded as having" a disability but there seems to be some disagreement here on what that means.

We have a student who came to the US from Haiti and had no formal schooling from birth to 7 years old. She was only expected to do house work and didn't have to go to school if she didn't feel like it. She came to our school in 1st grade and obviously didn't do well since she didn't even know how to hold a pencil! She was retained and repeated first grade. She is now in 3rd grade and she is making progress but it is VERY slow. She is also 2 years older than her peers. The ESL teacher is concerned that there may be some sort of learning disability present. The student was never tested by CS...See More

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SchoolPsyc If the student is making progress with response to intervention, then I would suggest providing that documentation to the next school, like you would with an IEP. Documentation of all the accommodations made and the interventions being made- with signatures of the members of the SST would be sufficient to notify the new school of the supports you h...See MoreIf the student is making progress with response to intervention, then I would suggest providing that documentation to the next school, like you would with an IEP. Documentation of all the accommodations made and the interventions being made- with signatures of the members of the SST would be sufficient to notify the new school of the supports you have been putting into place.

For a 504 plan, even if you don't have a medical diagnosis, you have to document what the suspected disability is. It does not sound like there is a suspected disability or you would have evaluated. At this point, it sounds like the slow progress is considered to be due to lack of instruction and second language acquisition, which would not be considered a disability.

As a school psychologist, I forward evaluations I have completed even for students that the team determined did not qualify (DNQ) for special education services. There must be some way to collect and forward the information collected by the SST.

On 3/07/11, Kat wrote: > Hello. I am a school counselor in New Jersey. I have a 504 > plan question since in most districts it is the counselor > who coordinates 504 plans. Have you ever created a 504 plan > for a student who DOES NOT have a medical diagnosis? The > language says a 504 plan can be created for a student who > is "regarded as having" a disability but there seems to be > some disagreement here on what that means. > > We have a student who came to the US from Haiti and had no > formal schooling from birth to 7 years old. She was only > expected to do house work and didn't have to go to school > if she didn't feel like it. She came to our school in 1st > grade and obviously didn't do well since she didn't even > know how to hold a pencil! She was retained and repeated > first grade. She is now in 3rd grade and she is making > progress but it is VERY slow. She is also 2 years older > than her peers. The ESL teacher is concerned that there may > be some sort of learning disability present. The student > was never tested by CST because of the fact that she is a > SIFE/ ESL student and because she was making progress. She > has come up to the intervention team every year and > interventions have been put in place. > > So the student is not making enough progress, she has > receieved every intervention we have available, she's in > basic skills and ESL, her teachers all spend extra time > with her, accommodations are being made for her in the > class. We feel she is certainly capable of functioning in a > regular education classroom WITH the proper accommodations. > There is no medical diagnosis. Can we give this student a > formal 504 plan to follow her to her next school???? > > Any input would be GREATLY appreciated!

Mar 9, 2011

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