KFA 504 & IHCP Webinar 1/14/14She said you have the legal right to stop the 504 meeting if you arrive at the meeting and the school system has brought an attorney without informing you.
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New here, but need help before meeting with principalDO have a list of absolute REQUIREMENTS for him to: a) safely and b) inclusively, attend school. Don't get into the list of specifics, though, until you have eligibility established, and DO NOT be side-tracked by "policy" covering those items, or by the notion that they could be included in a "health plan." Practice saying (cheerfully/pleasantly/neutrally); "That's wonderful. Since you're already doing that, let's include it in {child}'s 504 plan, too." (As though it will be NO PROBLEM to do it-- after all, why WOULDN'T they want it in writing if they are promising it to you, hmmm?)
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The PRE-504-Evaluation Meeting BRAND NEW THREADFor many of us in the USA, the "504 Process" has a PRE-504-Eval meeting.
This meeting is typically used by the school to make determination if the child meets their "tests" to even go forward to a full 504 Evaluation Meeting.
For some, this is a mere formality and many/all are simply referred on to the 504 Evaluation/Determination meeting.
For others, however (sadly) this may be a meeting where there is a gatekeeper bound and determined to NOT forward child on to the 504-Evaluation.
OF course, everybody's experience will be unique on this topic.
This thread may have parallel discussions -- whether this "gatekeeping" is even legal/allowed, AND, if you HAVE to go through one of these pre-504 meetings, exactly HOW to plan, prepare and the process.