Definitions
Changes how a student learns.
What are accommodations?
Sally is a "student with a disability."
What is People First Language?
Letting a student read part of a novel, rather than the novel in it's entirety.
What is a modification?
Changes what the student learns.
What are modifications?
Allowing a child with ADHD to take a test in a separate room with fewer distractions.
What is a setting accommodation?
Presentation, response, setting, timing and scheduling.
What are the types of accommodations?
Alterations that fundamentally change the learning expectations of the student.
What are modifications?
Assigning a student to read a less complex novel on a lower grade level, rather than the expected grade level text.
What is an assignment modification?
A student with a traumatic brain injury fatigues throughout the day, therefore her quizzes and tests are completed in the morning.
What is a timing accommodation?
This type of language puts the person before the disability, and describes what a person has, not who a person is.
What is People First Language?
Letting a child with dyslexia listen to audiobooks instead of reading printed text.
What is a presentation accommodation?
Providing extra time on homework for a child who has slow processing speed.
What are time and scheduling accommodations?
A 60 day window for evaluating students with disabilities, followed by a 30 day window for creating an individualized plan.
What is the special education referral timeline?
Providing a keyboard to a child who struggles with handwriting when she's writing an essay.
What is a response accommodation?
Shortening a spelling list.
What is an assignment modification?