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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If every teacher is saying he doesn't need/use it multiple years in a row, why do you jump to, "They're lying"?  If it was one off, I'd get that it's up for debate, but you have a half dozen plus people telling you the same thing...[/quote]

The math teacher is either lying or just forgetting.  I am taking the other poster's advice and we are going to document each time he uses the extra time.  It is sad that we have to resort to this because it appears the school does not want to support my highly functioning son.  Some teachers want to do as little as possible...and I suspect it of this particular math teacher!!  [b]She always makes DS take the extra time during lunch so that she doesn't have to stay after school.  That is very telling to me.[/b]
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I'm on your side, OP, but that last statement makes it seem like you are looking for a fight.  Teachers do NOT have to stay beyond their working hours to accommodate your child.  Lunch is the time that is set aside for make up work and extra time.  Kids can also do it in DEAR or sometimes in the early morning.  But, after school is just not typically an option.  [/quote]

Forcing a kid with ADHD to forgo the only non-academic break during the day to do more academic work is NOT an appropriate accommodation.  Typically kids with ADHD have a hard time concentrating and need more movement, so taking away lunch period to use for work is not an accommodation suitable for their disability.  We had the same problem when my kid had a concussion -- teachers insisting that make up work be done at lunch, when she really needed that break to "rest" her brain.

Also, it does not have to be the same teacher who provides the extra time.  At our school (after much pressure from us) suitable accommodation times were arranged by using a counselor, a receptionist in the counseling office who could monitor a free conference room, the math department chair, the vice principals or other non-teaching staff to monitor the extended time.  It can be done.  And, frankly, the school should have a system for dealing with this.  
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