504 annual review - question

MamaC · #1 01-20-2009, 10:21 PM

I have an annual 504 review tomorrow and I want to insert exam taking guidelines (as in no testing when BG is outside a certain range). I have <100 and >250 in mind as the limits, (ie, BG must be between 100 and 250). I may also want to include post-exam testing criteria (more for my info than necessarily for use by the school). Thoughts would be appreciated.

TIA.

moco89 · #2 01-20-2009, 10:31 PM

I think you mean >100 and <250

I can't really help you on this, though.

MamaC · #3 01-20-2009, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by moco89

I think you mean >100 and <250

I can't really help you on this, though.

Yeah that would probably be a better way of putting it...my sequencing is out of order. No exams if BG is below 100 or above 250.

Editing original.

momof3sons · #4 01-20-2009, 10:51 PM

I met with a high school student who said that when taking the SAT, he tested before each section. If his BS wasn't in range, he waited to start until it was in range to start that section.

He testing during the exam if he felt poorly. The time spent testing was added to his test period.

I think accommodations like this make a 504 very important for our children.

Good luck and let us know how it goes!

LantusFiend · #5 01-20-2009, 11:06 PM

What does he think? I think his comfort with testing at certain levels should be taken into consideration.
I personally test with all bg levels, but when I'm under 50 or so I tend to leave words out of sentences (i.e. "I leave the out of sentences"), which sometimes does and sometimes doesn't affect my grade. I don't think high bg, short of full blown DKA, has ever really made a difference in my test taking abilities.

MamaC · #6 01-20-2009, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by momof3sons

I met with a high school student who said that when taking the SAT, he tested before each section. If his BS wasn't in range, he waited to start until it was in range to start that section.

He testing during the exam if he felt poorly. The time spent testing was added to his test period.

I think accommodations like this make a 504 very important for our children.

Good luck and let us know how it goes!

Well the SAT is something to be addressed separately, this summer.

I've already alerted the 504 coordinator about my intentions; just looking for some numerical guidelines.

MamaC · #7 01-20-2009, 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by LantusFiend

What does he think? I think his comfort with testing at certain levels should be taken into consideration.
I personally test with all bg levels, but when I'm under 50 or so I tend to leave words out of sentences (i.e. "I leave the out of sentences"), which sometimes does and sometimes doesn't affect my grade. I don't think high bg, short of full blown DKA, has ever really made a difference in my test taking abilities.

He recognizes the growing necessity of pre-exam testing. If he's 100, he's likely to be heading down depending on the time of day or if he's had novolog. If he's 250, he's likely to be heading up for the same reasons. He feels crappy and starts losing concentration either way. He is consistently doing badly in his first block classes, I suspect from BG issues related to breakfast spikes and novolog lows.

2ladybugs · #8 01-21-2009, 12:14 AM

I don't think it's unrealistic to have him test before and during the exams. I already have that written in Isabella's 504 and she's only in 1st grade. She has to undergo MAP testing several times throughout the year and I have seen a difference in how she answers according to her blood sugars. I'm not sure, however, if they will put post exam testing into his 504. Please let me know if they do as I would be curious to see if the anxiety from testing raises, or lowers, and how much. That may be something I have to try to have added to ours.

Jordansmom · #9 01-21-2009, 12:27 AM

Our 504 has this accommodation for testing:

"If (Student) is affected by high or low blood glucose levels at the time of regular or standardized testing (below 90 or above 180), she will be permitted to take the test at another time without penalty. Because her blood sugar levels are affected by stress and adrenaline, she shall be allowed to test her blood sugar at any time before or during testing to determine her ability to take or to continue any test."

They didn't know what the range meant so I decided to be really conservative to protect her rights as much as possible. I think the high number depends on how your son feels when high and how high? Jordan feels high by the time she hits 180.

MrsBadshoe · #10 01-21-2009, 07:07 AM

My son 15 does not like to be singled out and instead he puts his bs on the top of his tests and that way we can evaluate it after he takes the test without singling him out in class. If he does poorly we can reevaluate after the test.