You can ask your disabled child to be supported without having all the answers. Share whatever documentation you have about your child’s disability or suspected disability and steps you are taking to get a diagnosis. Describe when the barriers, including what makes it better or worse, and what your child says would help. Ask the school to investigate and propose supports.
- For those students who have had a psychoeducational assessment done, there will be recommendations for accommodations written in the report.
- Some students have had assessments done by their OT, SLP or other service providers who also create a list of accommodation recommendations.
- Sometimes it is from your own research of accommodations that are listed on the internet and combined with understanding your child, what you feel they need.
- Sometimes it comes from the students themselves being able to talk about what is frustrating about schools, and you can come up with solutions that you think would work well for your child.
If an assessment is delayed, ask what will be done to remove barriers in the meanwhile. Request a review if your child’s access or well-being deteriorates.
