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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If truly the only accommodation he needs is the ability to hand in assignments late when he misses class for a doctor's appointment, I don't think he needs accommodations at all. First, how often is he missing school for doctors appointments? Second, it's been my experience that if he communicates with his teachers ahead of time (which he would need to do even with an accommodation) and tells them that he has a doctor's appointment on Monday so can he hand in the assignment on Tuesday, 99% will say yes.[/quote]

The above has definitely not been our experience - many old school teachers would refuse to extend the assignment. Their attitude would be - you knew you had this appointment and it's your job to plan around it, and/or you should have asked a friend what the assignment was and completed it.

Many kids with anxiety have therapy appointments at least once a week. These appointments are extremely difficult to get after school so many have to go during school. By the time you add in driving back and forth, the appointment block can be 3 hours. Then there is the fact that therapy sometimes leaves one emotional exhausted and still thinking about what was discussed in therapy - not great for your ability to focus. And, some kids will have periods of worsening when they do therapy more than 1x a week.

Would you insist that a kid leaving school after lunch one day a week for kidney dialysis not have an accommodation?[/quote]

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