504 Accommodation Plan accomodations characteristics meetings school teacher response Watch Out, This Parent is "VERY Assertive!" Look at my cute little baby boy. This is when MJ was just a month old or so. I don't know how I would have reacted if I kne… Monday, September 5, 2011 Add Comment Edit
504 Accommodation Plan accomodations affecting work characteristics distractions processing delay school self management teacher response worries 5 Hours of Homework!? Searching for a Better Plan for Help with Aspergers Things had been working out pretty well for MJ. His 504 Plan seemed to be working and he had a PDA that he remembered most of th… Tuesday, January 18, 2011 Add Comment Edit
504 Accommodation Plan accomodations characteristics distractions observations school self management spouse teacher response worries Using a PDA for help with Asperger's For the past many school years one of MJ's biggest challenges was organization. It wasn't that he was so disorganized, b… Wednesday, November 3, 2010 Add Comment Edit
504 Accommodation Plan accomodations affecting work characteristics Communication meetings misunderstanding of social rules processing delay school self management Introducing Asperger's to the 6th Grade Teacher MJ has skipped a whole grade and was starting 6th grade this year. Skipping grades with Asperger's? It might be extra chal… Thursday, September 30, 2010 Add Comment Edit
504 Accommodation Plan accomodations characteristics Communication gifted processing delay school skipping grades socialization worries Facing a New Challenge: Skipping Grades with Aspergers Well, we heard back from the Principal and the decision was granted---MJ was to be allowed to skip the 5th grade all together and… Thursday, September 9, 2010 Add Comment Edit
504 Accommodation Plan accomodations characteristics Communication diagnosis gifted meetings processing delay psychologist school skipping grades socialization spouse testing worries Super Smart with Asperger's OK, so much of this is a recap, but if you haven't been following this blog, it needed a little reviewing: For years we have … Saturday, July 3, 2010 Add Comment Edit
504 Accommodation Plan accomodations characteristics gifted meetings misunderstanding of social rules psychologist school self management socialization teacher response testing worries Special Ed? So, it was the end of the year for 4th grade and all of the sudden we found out the principal who had been so wonderful and accom… Tuesday, June 15, 2010 Add Comment Edit
504 Accommodation Plan accomodations characteristics Communication meetings misunderstanding of social rules processing delay school teacher response Forgetting to Follow the 504 Plan The new school had a copy of the 504 Accommodation Plan set up for MJ, and we had met with the school Principal, psychologist, an… Sunday, May 30, 2010 Add Comment Edit
504 Accommodation Plan accomodations characteristics meetings psychologist school socialization teacher response worries Biting?! 4th grade seemed to be going well with MJ. I had met with the teacher the first week and shown her his previous 504 accommodatio… Tuesday, April 13, 2010 Add Comment Edit
504 Accommodation Plan accomodations beginnings characteristics gifted meetings processing delay school socialization teacher response Changing Schools for the Better? The beginning of MJ's 4th grade year and his brother's 2nd grade year, we made a drastic decision to switch schools. We … Tuesday, December 29, 2009 Add Comment Edit
504 Accommodation Plan accomodations beginnings Communication meetings processing delay school self management social worker speech therapy teacher response Completing the 504 Plan So, we met with the Social Worker, the Principal, and MJ's teacher on a Friday to write up a list of goals on the 504 plan. … Thursday, July 23, 2009 Add Comment Edit
504 Accommodation Plan accomodations diagnosis school social worker socialization testing The School Decides on a 504 Accommodation Plan So, observation after observation went on, and tests, and questionnaires one after another were sent home to us. I felt like it… Tuesday, July 7, 2009 Add Comment Edit
accomodations beginnings observations psychologist school social worker teacher response testing Saved by the Social Worker We went to contact the school's psychologist as requested by MJ's team of doctors, but were surprised that the school did… Sunday, June 14, 2009 Add Comment Edit
accomodations characteristics diagnosis I.E.P. observations psychologist school teacher response testing The School Says "Zilch"? Since we seemed to be having continued problems during his 3rd grade year, we decide to contact the group of psychologists and do… Sunday, May 31, 2009 Add Comment Edit