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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think 504s are relatively easy to obtain. Getting an IEP IME is more difficult. Implementing either is tough but testing accommodations seem to be the simplest.[/quote]

For YEARS in MCPS - 504 teams would argue what is considered a "significant impairment" and conclude if your child was receiving passing grades then he/she was not significantly impaired.  Only LAST YEAR did this change to "Does the child need the accommodations for EQUAL ACCESS?" in the course (including above grade level courses).  This change was so new at our 504 meeting that the principal needed to be lectured by the school psychologist on the change in the middle of our meeting.

For kids who have high IQ's but also have learning disabilities, the change in interpretation opened the door for access to basic accommodations where otherwise they did not have an even playing field.  Even under the new standard, it took $5,000 for 8 hours of private testing and evaluation to identify my child's needs and provide the documentation to the school.  Who would want to outlay the financial expense and go through meetings after meetings if their child truly did not need the accommodations?

Also, accommodations can be taken away if the child does not use them and in MCPS, the teachers collect data on how often the child uses an accommodation.  Say a family was able to pay a professional for a bogus diagnosis and they went through the hellish process and by some miracle go the accommodation, if the child does not use the accommodations on a routine basis, the accommodations are viewed as not needed and are short lived on the 504 plan.[/quote]

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