Adaptations: Accommodations v. Modifications

Adaptations: Accommodations vs. Modifications

9 types of Adaptations

Throwback

Quantity: The amount the student is expected to do in order to be successful.

Time: The time the student requires for learning new information.

Levels of support: The amount of support a student requires to be successful.

Input: How instruction is delivered.

Difficulty: The skill level for the student.

Output: How the student responds to instructional demands.

Participation: The extent to which the learner participates in the learning process.

*Alternate Goals: Student is still working in the same subject area with

different expectations.

*Substitute Curriculum: Student is working on a different curriculum.

Definition

Think of yourself as a student in school. Think of a class you had difficulty with. What was the class? What difficulty did you have? Complete the sentence starter on a Post-It note.

• I would have been more successful in the subject of _________________ If ____________________________ .

Illustrate

An accommodation levels the playing field by changing how material is presented so that all students will learn.

Accommodations Vs. Modifications

Examples

Non-Examples

Modifications

• jumping pull-up
• watching YouTube video while cooking
• shortening length of test
• reading test verbatim to student

Accommodations

• sit-up vs. pull-up
• private chef
• assignment changed
• testing adaptations made, i.e. lower reading level
• student gets free time

• A modification changes what a student is taught or expected to learn.

• It does fundamentally alter or lower the standard or expectation of the course/test.

• An accommodation changes how a student learns the material.

• It does not fundamentally alter or lower the standard or expectation of the course/test.

Vocabulary

Modifications involve intentional lowering of the intellectual content of curriculum presented.

Adaptations

1. Accommodation

2. Modification

Accommodations are basically physical or environmental changes, generally referred to as good teaching strategies.

Pre-Test

What is an example of a classroom

accommodation?

What is an example of a classroom

modification?

What's the difference anyway?

Accommodations vs. Modification

• do fundamentally alter or lower expectations or standards in instructional level, content or performance criteria.

• do not fundamentally alter or lower expectations or standards in Instructional level, content or performance criteria.

• changes are made to provide student meaningful & productive learning experiences based on individual needs & abilities.

• changes are made in order to provide equal access to learning and equal opportunity to demonstrate what is known.

• has different learning outcomes than his or her peers

• has the same learning outcomes as his or her peers

• grading is different

• grading is the same

Definition

EXIT SLIP

Illustrate

Is a change in the course, standard, test preparation, location, timing, scheduling, expectations, student response and/or other attribute which provide access for a student.

Examples

Change in lesson worksheet.

Non-Examples

• Doing a 500m row in place of a 400m run.
• Using a wheel chair.
• A fifth-grade child with a severe math disability who isn’t ready to learn fractions and decimals may still be working on addition and subtraction.
• Using out of grade level material.

• Doing a 200m run in place of a 400m run.
• Use of cane or crutches.
• A child with third grade reading skills is taking the same test as the rest of the sixth grade class.
• Sending child to the principal's office.

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