While a diagnosis is not needed to create a 504 plan, parents should be thinking about potential changes to the school environment, changes to instruction and changes to how curriculum is presented.

It meant Erika Bennett would need to get her child enrolled in what is known as a 504 plan. "Well, she has 504 accommodations and that took after a lot of fighting, me to hire an attorney and she ...

“It took all the way to third grade for the district to offer him a 504 plan.” Advertisement Before then, the school made her son eat lunch in the principal’s office.

Examples include giving students a Section 504 plan as a “consolation prize” if they aren’t found to be eligible for IDEA, or requiring parents to pay for a medical diagnosis of ADHD before ...

His charter high school gave him a 504 plan, which offered extra time on tests and the use of a keyboard to type answers and take notes in class. He was also able to avoid filling in bubble sheets.