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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Teacher here and you should absolutely contact the teacher and principal or assistant principal. Be polite and respectful but you can be assertive. Do not apologize that your child has ADHD or a 504. Do not act like you are asking for a favor or preferential treatment, you are not. You are standing up for a child with a disability.

If the child has a 504 or IEP that requires direction and instruction clarification. This accommodation was not given and the kids subsequently got a D then the teacher needs to either correct the grade based on whether his answers met the substantive mastery of what she was testing OR give him a new test and clarify the instructions.

There is a reason why IEP and 504 are protected by federal laws. The whole point of a 504 or IEP is to a:) level the playing field so a child with a learning disability can access the education and b:) to provide consistency so the parent/child does not need to constantly re-negotiate or explain the LD. As a teacher you can be a complete asshole and hate kids with LDS or accommodations but guess what- your job is to teach them and failing to follow the 504/IEP is an actionable offense.

The reality is that there are good teachers and bad teachers. There is an inherent imbalance of power between a student and teacher. Long ago when I was an intern I saw kids with LDs and 504/IEP come up to a teacher and ask for help only to be batted away. Sadly for that teacher the ONLY kids who has their plans followed were the ones for whom their parents complained to the AP.

OP -you are not asking for any favors by insisting that the teacher follow the 504. a 504 is not a special favor, it is a legal right for someone with a disability. [/quote]

This is a great suggestion. But let's be clear - is issue here is that the teacher didn't follow the 504. The issue is NOT that the teacher is nit picky or that the teacher should have given credit despite not following directions. That the kid has a 504  and it wasn't followed. Period. If a different kid had done the same with without any accommodations required, the teacher's actions would have been 100% right.
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