Accommodations and Modifications for Instructional

Success

Sara Newton

Learning Specialist

Special Education

Horry County Schools

Backwards Design Planning

Accommodations/ Modifications

Instruction/ Assessment

PACT

INCLUDE

• Identify classroom needs• Note student weaknesses• Check potential areas of student success• Look for potential problem areas• Use information to brainstorm adaptations• Decide which accommodations to

implement• Evaluate student progress

ACCOMMODATIONS

“A change in the testing environment, procedures, or

presentation that does not alter what the test measures.”

ACCOMMODATIONS

SETTING TIMING SCHEDULE RESPONSE

TACTILE

DEVICES

SPELLING ORAL TEST PRESEN-TATION

SETTING

SMALL GROUP

INDIVIDUAL

PREFERENTIAL SEATING

SEPARATE LOCATION

TIMING

• FREQUENT BREAKS

• LUNCH AT A DIFFERENT TIME (SILENT)

SCHEDULE

• TIME OF DAY

• SECTIONED OVER TIME

RESPONSE

• BOLD-LINED PAPER

• TYPED RESPONSES

• SCRIBE

• REPEATED DIRECTIONS

PRESENTATION

• HIGHLIGHTING FOR STUDENTS

• STUDENT HIGHLIGHTS

• WRITE CUES

• COLOR OVERLAYS

• STUDENT SUBVOCALIZES

• TYPING RESPONSES

• DICTATED RESPONSES

SPELLING

• FRANKLIN SPELLER

• SPELLING DICTIONARY

ORAL TESTING

• TAPE RECORDED DURING INSTRUCTIONAL YEAR

• TEST READER FOR

• MATH

• SCIENCE

• SOCIAL STUDIES

MANIPULATIVES

• TACTILE DEVICES USED IN MATH INSTRUCTION

HIGHLIGHTING

HIGHLIGHTING

WHY?

ELA

MATH

SPELLING DICTIONARY

MODIFICATIONS

“A change in testing environment, procedures, or presentation that alters what the test measures.”

MODIFICATIONS

ALTERNATIVE SCORING

Different rubric

EXTENDED WRITING

Word processor

ORAL ADMINISTRATION

ELA ONLY

MATHEMATICS• NUMBER LINE• GEOMETRY SHAPES

ALTERNATIVE SCORING

• DIFFERENT RUBRIC

EXTENDED WRITING

• WORD PROCESSOR

ORAL ADMINISTRATION

• ELA

CALCULATOR

NUMBER LINE

GEOMETRIC SHAPES

RECORD KEEPING

It helps to keep a matrix of accommodations and

modifications for all learners.

SAMPLE LESSON USING ACCOMMODATIONS AND

MODIFICATIONS

Scribe one paragraph. Use alternative scoring rubric.

Respond to prompt by writing 3 paragraphs and using spelling dictionary.

Write to a prompt with 5 paragraph length.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Wald, Penny and Boehm, Wendy, Practical Co-Teaching Strategies. www.ber.org

Friend, Marilyn and Bursuck, William, Including Students with Special Needs.ISBN 0-205-33192-0

Beninghof, Anne, SenseABLE Strategies. Sopris West.

PACT and HSAP manuals, Appendix C, 2004.