School letters / Accommodations
Modified or gradual attendance schedule
A written plan to return to school in steps, for example half days for two weeks and then full days, with attendance counted according to the plan.
When it helps
School avoidance and re-entry after hospitalization or residential treatment. A written step-up schedule prevents the daily negotiation that keeps avoidance going.
How it is usually written
Student will attend on the following schedule for weeks 1 and 2, with full-day attendance resuming in week 3; attendance will be recorded according to this plan.
Making it work
The written schedule is what stops the daily negotiation. Attendance must be recorded according to the plan, or a planned half day becomes an unexcused absence and the record works against the student. Step up on a date, not on a feeling; the plan should say what happens if a step fails, which is usually to hold the current step for another week rather than to go back to the start.
Asking for it
A clinician’s letter that names the diagnosis, states the functional problem at school, and asks for this accommodation by name is what gets it written into a plan. The 504 and IEP support letter below builds that letter from structured choices and includes this accommodation with the wording above. For a student coming back after a hospitalization or a leave, the return-to-school letter sets it out as part of a re-entry plan.
Hear when this changes
A short note when a school letter generator or a glossary entry is added. No more than a few a year.
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