Changing written response answers to multiple choice or short answer.Reducing the number of questions on an assessment, or reducing the number of answer choices on a multiple-choice test.Reducing the amount of material to be read.Accommodations should be tried and exhausted before making the decision to modify.Įxamples of modifications vary widely depending on the needs of the student and may include: Choosing to modify the curriculum or assessments may be necessary for a student, but this also means that the student is not truly accessing the general education curriculum. The decision to make modifications to the general education curriculum is not a decision to be taken lightly. Modifications change the content, vigor, standards, of grade level of the general education curriculum. A scribing accommodation or speech-to-text for a student with a physical disability or vision impairment.Allowing the student to ask for selected sections of text to be read aloud.A non-example of this would be allowing a student to use a multiplication chart on a multiplication assessment. For example, allowing a student to use counting bears to complete two-step word problems involving multiplication or division. Allowing the use of math manipulatives or number charts/lines, whenever computation isn’t the skill being assessed.Chunking reading texts so the amount to be read isn’t so overwhelming- NOT reducing the amount of text to be read!.A word bank, an editing checklist, or sentence starters for writing for students with disabilities in language or writing.Scheduled breaks for students with ADHD.Preferential seating for students with hearing or vision impairments, or students with ADHD in order for them to focus better.Accommodations are intended to be supports for students so they can understand the material being taught, and enable students with IEPs to remain in the general education classroom, learning the same things as their non-disabled peers.Įxamples of accommodations include, but are not limited to:
Accommodations do not change the content, vigor, standards, or grade level of the material that is being accessed. AccommodationsĬlassroom accommodations are things that are used in the classroom in order for a student with special needs to be able to access the general education curriculum. Legally, we need to use the correct terminology on IEPs and other documents, so let’s take a look at the difference between these two types of services. However, it is important that we differentiate between the two terms, because they mean two very different things! Accommodations and modifications are two words that are frequently tossed around the world of special education, and sometimes used interchangeably.
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