11th grade injury
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Anonymous
| Kinda a weird question. My son is in 12th grade. He has an injury and will not be able to use his dominant arm/hand for 6 months. What happens in class in these situations? Will be contacting the school tomorrow but wondering if anyone had a similar situation and how did MCPS accommodate you . |
Anonymous
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That is hard. Sorry.
Help him with dictation. You’ll have to be involved a lot. |
Anonymous
| MCPS should let him use speech to text for assignments. The counselor who handles 504 accommodations might be a good place to start. The HIAT team does tech support for accommodations if there are technical issues. |
Anonymous
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I have a kid who had an arm in a cast for four months in 10th grade, although it was his non-dominant hand.
Two things: First, the school will work with you. My kid had several classes (ceramics and PE) he simply could not participate in and it was fine. They did not punish my kid for something outside his control. Second, I’m not sure exactly what your child’s situation is but my son became very skilled very quickly at doing things with just one arm and using what little function he had in his broken arm. For my son the school did not write up a formal 504 they just did what he needed. You can get a 504 if the school is not giving you what you need, but I’d personally take a starting assumption that the school is going to be inclined to help whether documented in a 504 or not. I agree dictation can help or a typing accommodation. For some subjects like math he may simply have terrible handwriting but learn to do the minimum writing with his non-dominant hand. |
Anonymous
| It will depend on your school adn if they rae willing to do anything. |
Anonymous
| This should be eligible for a 504 if the school doesn’t offer to accommodate otherwise. |
Anonymous
| Note you need the doctor to write up that the accommodation is needed. |
Anonymous
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The school will handle this just call his counselor and notify all teachers
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Anonymous
If your son is taking AP/IB classes you should discuss with the testing coordinator any possible accommodations needed and what the correct process is to obtain them. You may need a formal 504 to get access to a scribe or electronic writing accommodation. |
Anonymous
Good call. I agree, this is something to sort out sooner rather than later. |
Anonymous
| Not a weird question at all, OP, but I hope that your son improves on schedule and makes a full recovery. I agree that it would be prudent to see if you can get the 504 - even if you feel like you don't need it now, you could end up in a situation down the line where it can help you (leadership changes, recovery hiccups that mean accommodation needs to continue next academic year, long-term sub teacher who doesn't know what has been done in the classroom for the last several weeks - you get it). I am sure your kid will amaze you with what he is able to do, but always better to have the support potentially teed up and not need it. |
Anonymous
| Get a 504 so you have it in writing. |
Anonymous
Typing and speech to text accommodations. |
Anonymous
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We just went through this last year. My DS had his dominant wrist in a cast for six months. I worked met with his counselor and the school nurse and we created a 504 plan. We also requested accommodations for SAT and AP tests. If your son needs that, do not delay. I believe the official deadline to request accommodations has passed, but they do accept late requests.
I'm sorry he has to deal with this and hope that your son adapts quickly. Like the PP above, my son got really good at using his left hand and almost never complained. I would have never managed so well. And he has happens to have Kienbock's disease and you ever want to chat about it, let me know. |
Anonymous
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