What Strategies Can I Use for Effectively Accommodate Students?
Contents
1 ---> What are accommodation strategies for students who are deaf or hard at hearing?
2 ---> What are accommodation strategies for students who have a learning disability?
3 ---> What are accommodation strategies for students who have mobility disabilities?
4 ---> What are accommodation strategies for students who are visually impaired?
What are accommodation strategies for students who are deaf or hard at hearing?
- Use an interpreter if appropriate
- Front row seating for student
- Exams with extended time
- Provide the student with a note taker to help them break down the concepts being taught during instruction
- Additional visual aids for students
Some tips for implementation:
- Deliver the lecture slowly and clearly
- Hand out printed notes
- Give assignments in written form
- Give the student adequate time to respond to verbal prompts
- Use closed captioned movies and videos
- Face the class when speaking, not the smartboard.
What are accommodation strategies for students who have a learning disability?
- Extended time to complete an exam
- Textbooks in an alternate format
- Tests administered in environment where there is no distractions
- Proctored exams (oral responses, responses transcribed, audiotaped responses)
Some tips for implementation:
- Choose textbooks that come with a study guide for students
- Provide students with clear deadlines
- Consider alternative test designs
- Consider administering supplementary assignments to enhance student understanding
- Use multimedia techniques during instruction
- Read aloud material that is presented on the smartboard
What are accommodation strategies for students who have mobility disabilities?
- Use of note-taker
- Extended time on exams
- Place instructional materials in close proximity to the student
- Preferred class seating
- Proctored exams (oral responses, audiotaped, videotaped, transcriber)
Some tips for implementation:
- Give students with mobility disabilities some consideration, especially if they are late to class
- Assist the student in gathering instructional materials such as lab equipment
What are accommodation strategies for students who are visually impaired?
- Instructional materials with enlarged text
- Note taker
- Extended time for exams or class assignments
- Proctored exams
- Preferred seating
- Brailled materials Some tips for implementation:
- State aloud what you are writing on smartboard
- Consider alternative testing formats
- Face the class when speaking
- Be flexible with assignment deadlines
Continue to next lesson:
Lesson 5: How Can I Modify Lessons to Meet the Needs of Diverse Learners?
References:
- Accommodations and instructional strategies. Regents’ Center for Learning Disorders. (n.d.). https://www.rcld.uga.edu/accommodations-and-instructional-strategies