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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]To some degree, when you get 504 accommodations, confidentiality cannot be protected[/b].  But, this is an instance where the teacher outed your daughter.  Do you have a contact at the school for SN issues?  I have several - a special education resource teacher, a case manager and a guidance counselor.  Unless I knew the teacher, I would probably talk to one of these people because I know them well.  [/quote]

I would assume you can expect that the staff won't be talking about your child with other students around.
It is perfectly OK for a teacher and IA to be discussing, but the OP has an issue that the conversation about her child was not in an appropriate setting.[/quote]

Absolutely - that's what I said.  It's not ok for the teacher to have outed OP's daughter.  But, the truth is that if one uses accommodations, others will know they have them.  If your child is getting extra time on a test or taking a test in a quiet environment or typing instead of writing, classmates will know.  It's kind of an added burden that our kids have to deal with.  [/quote]

This. I had these accommodations in a W high school. It really wasn't a big deal. Is there a stigma attached to having accommodations? I also got the extended time/reduced distractions accommodation in college and it also wasn't a big deal.

I don't mean this in the way it probably will sound, but it seems like your daughter needs help with building her self-esteem in regard to her accommodations and the issue that makes the accommodations necessary. For me it was ADD (inattentive type) and I understood that it was a medical diagnosis just like any other, so it didn't bother me if others knew. [/quote]

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