Text to speech programs
Accommodation
Four types of accommodation
Instructional
Environmental
Adaptive
Assessment
Letting a student have frequent breaks throughout the learning period
Accommodation
A condition giving rise to difficulties in meeting curriculum expected knowledge.
Learning Disabilities
Orally translates computer notes
Speech to text software
Get graded or assessed using a different standard than other students
Modification
Extra time on assessments
Assessment Accommodations
An area of student need based on behaviour
Anger/Frustration management skills
Involving small physical movements
Fine motor skills
Low level technology
Colour coding systems
Create alternate projects or assignments
Modification
FM system
Adaptive Equipment Accommodations
The speed of cognitive skills
Processing speed
Difficulty understanding and using their own mental strengths and weaknesses
Metacognitive Skills
Oral methods to help students retain information
Tape recorder
Use sensory tools such as an exercise band that can be looped around a chair’s legs
Accommodation
Preferential seating
Environmental Accommodation
Involves issues prioritizing and completing tasks
Executive functioning
Difficulty holding on to information
Memory
Focus and time management tool
Timers and Visual Clocks
Answer different test questions
Modification
Graphic Organizers
Instructional Accommodations
Difficulty with oral information
Listening comprehension skills
Difficulty beginning a task
Task initiation
For students with hearing impairments