I have a little one who has OI, I have never seen any documentation but mom says that she has it and I'm not going to doubt her. She stated at the beginning of the year that she needs no accommodations and has no restrictions, just that I need to call if she has any particularly bad falls or blows to the body. I did my usual notification of teachers and admin. In writing. And wrote my little EAP, gave that to teachers/admin.
So I got a visit from the principal today that I need to have told her about this kid (I did) and we need to write a 504. My question is, does a child with no restrictions and no accommodations need a 504? And what would that 504 contain?
My feeling was that my IHP and EAP were enough, as the kid is very mild and staff was notified that this child just needs to see the nurse after any kind of incident, even one that seems minor.
I did a little research and can't find any 504 accommodations for OI that apply to this child. Mom does not want her to have restrictions from physical activity either.
I know this is an older topic, but would you happen to have a copy of the EAP that you wrote? I have a student who has OI and hasn't started yet. I'm still waiting for paperwork from doctor, but want to have an EAP ready ASAP
I don't still have a copy, but from what I can recall, it was pretty much "send child to nurse if any c/o pain or any witnessed fall/bump/impact". Like, be more cautious with this child than the rest. No other restrictions were desired from her physician.
Specializes in school nursing/ maternal/child hospital based.
On 5/11/2017 at 10:39 AM, grammy1 said:
No physician diagnosis, no 504. There's not even discussion till I have a letter from the doc. Too many of our parents lie because little snowflake doesn't like PE, etc.
Exactly! Have to have actual, up to date medical documentation before anything even starts. If the parent did not request a 504, I would think your IHP would be more than enough.
I can not imagine writing 504 for every parent who reports a diagnosis without MD documentation!!!!!!!!
Specializes in school social worker/2 of my children also have OI.
I have 2 children with Osteogenesis Imperfecta. I am also a school social worker and have several nurses in my family as well as several children with OI. To answer the question as far as needing accommodations to have a 504 - the answer is no, not active symptoms. We have accomodations in my children's 504 such as:
If they fall on the play ground DO NOT make them get up and walk until they are checked out by a school nurse.
They also need accommodations for phy ED: NO CONTACT SPORTS
And - there should be written information in the case that they do break a bone during school, what is the process. This can look different than typical children.
Medications to be kept in school "in the case of an injury".
Ability to pass between classes when the hallways are not crowded to avoid injury - my children were allowed to either hang back 2 min. or leave 2 min. early to avoid crowded hallways.
Children my need DAPE or specialized accommodations for gym class.
There should be something in writing about them being allowed to have an extra set of text books at home to avoid having to carry heavy text books to and from school each day.
SoutheRNgirl82
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I know this is an older topic, but would you happen to have a copy of the EAP that you wrote? I have a student who has OI and hasn't started yet. I'm still waiting for paperwork from doctor, but want to have an EAP ready ASAP