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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parents in that area get their kids put into a 504 or IEP because they want special attention and they really do not need it.  There are plenty of doctors who will go along with this game.

It has been so over diagnosed that more and more kids now fall into those categories.

flame on[/quote]

troll[/quote]

It's not untrue. More than half of the population meets diagnostic criteria for some disability, and parents in this area pay $5,000 for a diagnosis and then wave it in front of the school demanding accommodations. [b]The most often accommodation demanded is extended time because parents know it will give their kid an advantage on the SAT.[/b] It's a combination of cheating and Munchausen's by proxy and it dilutes support away from kids who actually need it.

Probably over half of the kids in the W cluster who have 504 plans for attention or anxiety wouldn't see a significant decrease in performance if those accommodations were taken away. [/quote]
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HS teacher at a non-W school. It is ridiculous the number of 504 determinations I have had over the past couple of years in 11th grade - at least one per class. Oh, your student who has been an A/B student in Honors classes to date suddenly has been diagnosed with ADHD and now needs extended time and preferential seating? And you ask me in the middle of 1st quarter to move your child's seat because now they want the front and center seat? Sorry, I already have 8 other kids with 504s sitting in the front.  :roll:  You'll have to wait until 2nd quarter when I can come up with something creative. (and I'm not joking, this was last year, and I've got 2 determination meetings coming up this year.)[/quote]

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