Accommodation
Modification
IEP
Acronyms
Potpourri
100
T/F Accommodations are designed to improve a student’s ability to learn and demonstrate learning at a different grade level.
False - accommodations are for grade level expectations
100
T/F Providing additional time for the completion of a test is an example of a modification.
What is False - this is an assessment accommodation as it does not change the inherent learning that is to be demonstrated.
100
Let’s start with .... IEP stands for ________________ .
What is Individual Education Plan
100
IPRC
What is Identification Placement and Review Committee
100
T/F Students who feel connected to teachers, to other students, and to the school itself do better academically.
What is True - quoted from PPM No. 119
200
Seating away from windows, doors and high traffic areas are examples of _________ accommodations.
What is environmental
200
Money management and personal banking is an example of a secondary school level ____________ course.
What is Alternative or locally developed
200
T/F All students with special needs are identified as exceptional by an Independent Placement and Review Committee.
What is False - students can have teacher identified accommodations within the classroom environment, or by an IEP, without formal IPRC. It is not a requirement that a student be identified with an exceptionality in order to benefit from special education.
200
AT
What is Assistive Technology
200
The quote “necessary for some, good for all” represents the concept of ___________________ .
What is Universal Design for Learning
300
Using a scribe to print/write verbatim what a student says in answer to a question on a test is an example of what type of accommodation?
What is assessment
300
Having a different version of a test is an accommodation. 
What is False - this is a modification of grade level expectations
300
An IEP must include all accommodations that are used in the classroom.
What is False - the IEP needs to include “strategies and supports that differ from what is normally provided during classroom instruction.” (IEP Resource Guide, 2004)
300
SERT
What is Special Education Resource Teacher
300
Entering the classroom, walking down the hall to the gym, graduating to high school are all examples of _________ .
What are Transitions
400
T/F During EQAO testing, students may use the accommodations that they regularly use for assessments in class.
What is True
400
T/F Annual program goals are required for modifications to grade level expectations on the IEP.
What is True - if a student’s curriculum is modified from grade level expectations, a target for annual goals of learning is to be developed. These targets may change as a teacher develops further understanding of the student’s strengths and weaknesses or the student acquires knowledge and skills (IEP Resource Guide, page 31).
400
A student’s progress within an IEP is to be monitored at least once every reporting period.
What is True - an IEP is a flexible document that will adjust based on the student’s needs.
400
SEAC
What is Special Education Advisory Committee - Ministry of Education requires that each school board have a SEAC which reviews the board’s special education plan
400
Early and ongoing identification of the learning abilities and needs of students is a necessary component of educational programming.
What is True - this is required by the Ministry of Education (PPM No. 11) and helps us remember that identification of student’s strengths and needs is the foundation for success in learning.
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