Should I change from IEP to 504 Plan?

[5Flyingeagle]

Hey everyone, sorry haven't been on here in a while. We had a good Easter.

We have had good days and bad. The Principle & Psychologist called me last week to give me the heads up. Kianna has reached all her goals in speech and a model student. They want to take her out of speech and off of an IEP and do a 504 plan. She is in regular classes and only gets pulled for speech. They are saying she still will have all her accommodations she needs it will just be a 504 instead of IEP since she doesn't need to be pulled from class any more. I not to familiar with a 504 I have been checking it out online. Basically it sounds like an IEP but the school doesn't have to have anymore meetings; unless I call one.

Anyone has any information from switching from IEP to 504? Good or bad idea?

[Onthemove1971]

5Flyingeagle- Good to hear from you, it must be good times if you are not writing.

As far as dropping the IEP... Do you feel she has not more speech and it is not impacting her educational process, if the answer is Yes then have her moved to an 504. There will be nothing but accommodations for the settings. If you are good with that then got for it.

If not then add what you need.

Hope this helps.

[5Flyingeagle in reply to Onthemove1971]

I don't think her speech effects her work. I think her working in a small group where she actually participates and talks in front of the other 3 or 4 students would help her. She doesn't do this in her regular class of 26 ish kids.

[Onthemove1971 in reply to 5Flyingeagle]

Please voice that loud and clear and they will put that in the 504 plan.. the challenge is keeping an eye on if this is happening. With an IEP there is a staff person who is monitoring and reporting process. That is not the same with the 504. I have found only when things do not happen can I write that in the 504 plan after a meeting. So when my son is sick, no one helps him get the work he missed. So I had a meeting today and put that in there.

Take care!

[5Flyingeagle in reply to Onthemove1971]

Thanks

[5Flyingeagle in reply to Onthemove1971]

Her social skills that she is working on in speech, still need work in my opinion. That is my dilemma.

[Onthemove1971 in reply to 5Flyingeagle]

You are the driving force to have something written into the 504 about social skills, again no one would be responsible to enforce it. But I agree there should be written in. We don't want you looking back thinking that you "should have"...

[5Flyingeagle in reply to Onthemove1971]

I believe I have the option, to stay on an IEP, should I stay on it?

[anirush]

And IEP carries much more weight with the school. When my grandson first started having problems in grade school they said a 504 would work, well it didn't. An IEP is much more work for the school because of federal guidelines, that's why they'd would prefer the 504.

Finally got the IEP in 4th grade and kept him on it all the way through middle school. The middle school social worker asked me why he wasn't put on it in the first place and I told them it was because the school fought it.

I would think long and hard about losing the oversight the IEP gives you.

[5Flyingeagle in reply to anirush]

I have a friend that is a retired teacher (regular classes elementary) that said "she believes it would be harder to get back on an IEP if the 504 didn't work."

[scrabble2018]

We have a 504, and just had a meeting since we are nearing end of year. My husband and I wanted better communication between the teachers and my daughter's homework and math tutor. They resisted repeatedly, and it took a great deal of effort to add this to the 504.