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[quote=Anonymous]Does it say on the 504 that the planner is to be completed, reviewed, and signed by the teacher? Because if it isn't, and you don't have an IEP, then you're demanding IEP-level services without an IEP, and that's unlikely to be something they're willing to do.

If your DD is reporting that she wasn't allowed to ask questions, it could be that she was calling out and interrupting (an ADHD thing) or that the teacher wanted to move on from a topic and wasn't taking any more questions. AAP classes are intended to move a little faster and might not be providing your DD with as much time as she's used to having. Part of growing up is learning to restrain yourself, to read the room, to choose appropriate times to ask questions and appropriate times to listen quietly.

It may be that this teacher is a bad teacher or just dislikes your DD or whatever. That's totally possible. But the harsh truth is, there's no right to only have good teachers. It's an experience that most kids have at some point, and it can be a learning experience.

Saying stuff like "there is something up" is too vague to be useful. What you've said so far is that the teacher doesn't follow the 504 (which is a legit complaint, but you haven't said how), the teacher doesn't correctly fill out or sign off on the planner (but is that required by 504/IEP or is it just something you asked for?), that the teacher "talks differently" to your child, the teacher told her to stop asking questions and stop taking notes (just once or maybe a few times?) and that you and your child have various negative feelings about the teacher. That's not really that much. The teacher has the right to give direction about when is ok to take notes and when is ok to ask questions. That's basic classroom management stuff. And the teacher isn't going to do a planner check if it's not on the IEP.  And I still don't understand in what sense your daughter is "failing" and not learning, if she's doing well on standardized tests. It sounds like you don't really understand how she is failing either.

It sounds like you need an IEP. You seem to want various accommodations like a list of assignments, and and IEP is how those things are obtained.

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