504 plan post surgery high school honors/AP courses help nee

Temporary 504s are very easy to get, IME. Homebound is not so easy.

Can I assume he is on a year-long schedule? Missing so many days may not have as big of an impact in that case.

But at my school, it would be very difficult to maintain good grades with that course load as a Homebound student. We would (and have) suggested schedule changes if there was going to be a huge health impact. If you're correct about missing only 8 full days and then 8 half days, instead of going homebound, I can see it being do-able for a year-long class.

In my district you'd simply need to contact guidance and request a temporary 504. They'll need medical documents but would put one in place immediately. We've had students get temporary 504s within a hour of telling us they broke an arm (during testing week).

So glad it was benign!

In our district, homebound services only kick in after a full 2 week absence with expected continuing absence of at least a month. The services are minimal -- like one on one time with a teacher for an hour 3 times a week, with tutoring from a para 30 minutes per day -- so not enough to keep up with a rigorous schedule. The goal is mostly to keep kids from losing the entire academic year and allow them to get enough instruction to come away with an adapted "pass".

A 504 is more likely to help meet his goals. Mobility on campus is probably a major issue, so a plan that allows him extra time, possibly leaving class 5 minutes early to avoid a rush in the halls, can help. Another idea would be to request a 2nd set of textbooks to be kept at home so he doesn't have to carry so much, an additional locker so he can avoid carrying so much in school.

While his determination to keep going full throttle is admirable, it's also not a bad time for him to learn that it's ok to scale back sometimes. It's not the end of the world if he takes one less AP class or gets a B or even drops some of the classes. Pain after hip surgery, particularly with graft and steel rods -- well, that's terrain I know well from my son's experience with 5 hip surgeries. I truly hope your son breezes through it all, but sometimes recovery is harder than you expect with sleep issues and the secondary fall-out from anesthesia and pain control (constipation, muscle spasms, low energy). Knowing that life goes on and his future plans are not in jeopardy even if he has to take more time off -- that's a valuable life lesson too.

I've never heard of anyone needing anything like that. If you are on crutches, you leave class 5 minutes early, both to give you more time and to keep you from getting knocked down. If you miss school, you make up the work. I'm not sure what happens if you miss a lot of school. I KNKW it happens, but I'm not sure at what point special tutoring kicks in. Maybe in all of those situations there is documentation, but I've never heard of it.

I'll reiterate what others have said. Homebound is usually for two weeks or more. 504 through counseling.

I'd speak to his doctor and counseling/admin and see what they say. Perhaps staying home and doing homebound for two weeks might be better and then ease into half days.

I know everyone recovers differently, but this might be more intense than he thinks.

I'm not sure what the Segway Ipad thing is but that sounds intriguing.

My daughters school is a series of mobile/temporary buildings, with most high schoolers traveling big distances and terrain between classes.

We had a friend last year who did a number of classes by watching them from the exceptional ed office as they were too difficult to get too. He did it for more than a semester. He will have another surgery this year and said they will use Facetime for him to more fully participate.

The advantage for him was being able to stay on campus and not have to move around so much. He also was able to figure out what classes he needed to be in and which he could watch.