Accommodations and Modifications

The accommodations and modifications for your child at school are extremely important and should be thought out carefully. List what you think your child needs are and be sure to add the accommodations and modifications to their IEP.


Here are my son’s accommodations and modifications for middle school and high school to give you an example.


Behavior:

1. Provide Travel Pass to Home Base for calming activity (stress bag or journal).

2. Provide (visually and orally) clear rules for classroom behavior.

3. Excuse early from class to transit to next class, lunch, morning and afternoon bus, as needed.

4. Allow use of dial barrel type locks on all lockers (locks provided by parents).

5. Provide bus driver information on the specific behavioral and emotional concerns of Student before the first day of school. Driver will also know that Student will need to sit behind driver and that Student will be excused early to and from the bus, as needed.

6. Provide opportunity for Student to discuss upcoming day/week as a strategy to reduce stress with Case Manager during homeroom or lunch, as needed.

7. Provide an alternative location to eat lunch that is in a quiet place.


Instructional:

1. Provide Student a copy of any notes given to students in class, as needed.

2. Provide Student with written copy of any board work, overhead, or copying from books, as needed.

3. Ensure student response space is large and prominent.

4. All homework assignments presented in written form (classroom board, paper, etc.), so Student can record assignments in his assignment/agenda book.

5. Chunk/modify assignment as appropriate with frequent teacher checks for accuracy.

6. Provide a visual daily schedule in Student’s agenda book.

7. Give specific directions in small chunks (one at a time).

8. Use organizational strategies such as graphic organizers, homework folders, agenda book, and binder.

9. Provide parent with a complete study guide with answers at least 2 days before each test/quiz.

10. Student will have teachers check and sign that he has the correct answers on study guides.

11. Provide a seat in the front of the classroom, near the teacher.

12. Provide student with extra response time when needed.

13. Limit timed activities, tests, etc. and modify if necessary.

14. Send a full set of books home for student use at home.

15. Permit Student to complete written work in pencil, manuscript, on an Alpha Smart, a tape recorder, or on a computer word processor.

16. Provide assistance for fine motor tasks, as needed.

17. Reduced homework assignments and extra time, as needed.

18. Monitor need for prior notification before asking Student to give an oral response.

19. Provide a place to store books in the classroom.

20. Ensure tests (except spelling) are administered in written format.

21. Parents will be notified at least 2 days prior to all tests, the test format (multiple choice, fill in the blank, short answer, True/False, word bank, essay, matching, etc.).

22. Provide parents a Progress Report on his grades every 2 weeks.

23. Provide an alternative place to take tests that is quiet.