Accommodations
This support gives students additional time on an exam.
What is an accommodation?
This modification lowers the number of required math problems.
What is reducing workload or assignment length?
This type of intervention targets phonemic awareness for struggling readers.
What is explicit phonics instruction?
Who is legally responsible for delivering SDI?
What is a special education teacher?
A student with dysgraphia is given guided notes during lectures. What type of support is this?
What is an accommodation?
This seating arrangement places students near the teacher for focus.
What is preferential seating?
Changing the reading level of a text is an example of this.
What is simplifying curriculum or alternate materials?
This intervention uses repeated practice and immediate feedback to build math fact fluency.
What is drill-and-practice or cover-copy-compare?
This legal document specifies the type and frequency of SDI.
What is an IEP (Individualized Education Program)?
A student with an intellectual disability is assigned alternate functional math goals (e.g., counting money instead of algebra). What type of support is this?
What is a modification and SDI?
Students can listen to the text instead of reading it with their eyes using this.
Response: What is an audiobook (accommodation)?
True/False: A student receiving modifications is still expected to master the same grade-level standards.
What is False?
What are two key features of interventions that distinguish them from accommodations?
They are evidence-based and progress-monitored to close skill gaps.
Give one example of SDI for a student with autism who struggles with social communication.
What is direct instruction in social skills or pragmatic language?
A student with ADHD + reading comprehension disability receives graphic organizers and explicit small-group reading instruction. Identify the two supports.
What are an accommodation and an intervention/SDI?
Unlike a modification, this support does not lower expectations, only changes access.
Response: What is an accommodation?
A teacher assigns a 2-paragraph essay instead of a 5-paragraph essay for a student. This is an example of what?
What is a modification?
A student receives daily small-group instruction in decoding skills. This is what type of support?
What is a Tier 2 or Tier 3 intervention?
How is SDI different from an intervention?
SDI is individualized and written into an IEP, while interventions are supplemental supports not tied to an IEP.
Sophie, who has dyslexia, listens to audiobooks but also attends daily phonics instruction with the special educator. Identify the two supports.
What is an accommodation and SDI?
Two supports that help students with ADHD stay on task.
What are breaks, visual reminders, or extended time?
Explain why modifications can impact eligibility for a regular diploma track.
Because they change the curriculum/expectations, students may not meet general education standards.
Explain how interventions fit within the MTSS/RTI framework.
They provide increasingly intensive support (Tier 2/3) beyond the core curriculum.
Why must SDI adapt content, methodology, or delivery of instruction?
To ensure the student can make progress toward IEP goals despite their disability.
Ty has an Emotional & Behavioral Disorder (EBD). His IEP calls for explicit instruction in coping strategies and a behavior intervention plan. Identify the levels of support.
What are SDI and an intervention (behavior support plan)?