<p>I'm permitted extra time, but I've never used it. I'm scared to talk with my teacher about my difficulties in her class, and I avoid doing so when possible (although my teacher has approached me before about these issues, but I generally just sort of nod my head because I don't like to talk about these things). But I've realized that the skills in this unit are taking me a long amount of time to complete. In the past, I've failed quizzes in this teachers class because I didn't have enough time to finish. I'm not going to let that happen again. What is the best way to tell a teacher that you didn't finish and would like more time to complete a quiz?</p>
<p>Your teacher should have your “extra time” permission in her possession already…no need to be concerned; it has already been approved; just let her know you need it…why are you scared?</p>
<p>@SvenskanFisk: What about email?</p>
<p>What scares you about telling her? Start now, you will need to stick up for yourself your whole life. 
It’s harder at first, but will get easier. Maybe you can go to one of the counselors and ask them to work on a letter for you to give them the first day of classes, too.</p>
<p>@Rodney: In college, they don’t have the info prior to classes many times, or they just forget, because they have so many students. Students are encouraged to self-advocate.</p>
<p>^^oops; I assumed (I guess incorrectly?) that since this was in the “pre-college issues” forum subcategory that the OP was in high school…not stated in the original post…
edit: actually looking at Op’s old posts, he/she is in HS</p>
<p>Oops! LOL</p>
<p>In any case, he’s going to have to learn to self-advocate. ;)</p>
<p>When you say you are “permitted extra time,” I assume you mean that you had testing done that shows you have an LD; that your school has your testing results on file; and that your school has decided that you receive extended time as an accommodation. Is this correct? </p>
<p>In most schools where this is the case, each of the LD student’s teachers is informed of the accommodations at the beginning of the year. At my S’s school, my S would then have to arrange to use his accommodations before every test or quiz. This meant that sometimes he would be emailing or talking with his teachers and someone in the school office several times a week. Sometimes he would go take the test or quiz in the office during a free period or after school, and sometimes the teacher would give him the test or quiz and monitor the extra time herself. Often he would be in a room in the school office where several other kids were taking extended time tests.</p>
<p>It sounds as if the teacher in question is trying to set up extended time testing for you, but that you are embarrassed to talk about it. Here is a way to handle it. You could give your teacher a note or send her an email asking if there is a free period during lunch or an after school time when she could talk with you in the next few days. Then go see her and explain that you’ve been trying to take tests and quizzes in her class without the extended time that the school has given you, but it’s not working out, and from now on, you’d like to use extended time. You can be very matter of fact about this. Then ask the teacher how she’d like to set this up. It is very likely that you are not the first LD student who has used accommodations in one of her classes, and you might be surprised at how helpful she can be.</p>
<p>If you would like more info about how your school handles extended time testing before you talk with the teacher, make an appointment with your GC or with the officed that processed your initial testing and granted you extended time first. You could find out things like whether your school has a separate room where kids who receive extended time take mid-terms and finals, whether extended time quizzes and tests are monitored by the teacher or someone in the office, and whether students take the extended time quizzes and tests during free periods and after school.</p>
<p>Many smart and successful students have LD’s and use extended time. There is nothing to be ashamed of here. If you can talk about this with your parents, maybe you could role play your meeting with your teacher. You might also want to share your feeling with your GC or a counselor at school to help you get more comfortable with the situation.</p>
<p>The way to get extended time is not to wait until you’re in the middle of a quiz you can’t possibly finish and then let the teacher know, or to remind her three minutes before she hands out a test sheet. It is much better if you deal with this proactively, getting extended time set up in advance for all of your quizzes and tests in this class. This way, the only time you will actually have to set something up last minute is in the case of a pop quiz, which you could conceivably take in the back of the classroom or in the library.</p>
<p>If you are allowed extra time, do not be afraid to ask for it. If it makes you nervous to talk to your teacher, go see your guidance office and ask them to help you with your teacher or teachers. My 15 year old rarely uses the extra time provision in his IEP, but needed it this semester because there was so much reading he just couldn’t finish it all and he was getting stressed and upset. He was nervous, but went to the guidance office and they scheduled a meeting with my son and the teacher that afternoon at the guidance office and my son felt very relieved. The teacher knew about the extended time, but was waiting until my son asked for it. Just ASK for it when you need it and don’t be afraid.</p>
<p>Fisk, you are a little scaredy cat, huh? LOL, judging by your other post. when I think of you, I picture Piglet from Winnie the Pooh who is always shaking and whenever he requests for something he qualifies it with “I’m sorry, but maybe perhaps could you please…”</p>
<p>Haha, I’m not trying to be mean… I’m just saying, sweetie, you’re about to be in college… People are not going to just do things for you. You need to just ASK for the things that you need. Just do it. Take a deep breathe, swallow and BLURT IT OUT. Nothing bad will come from it. Your professor won’t dislike you… You need to start being responsible for yourself and taking care of yourself especially when you have special needs.</p>