Nine Types of Accommodations and Modifications

1. Quantity: Adapt the number of items that the learner is expected to complete.
Allow completion of tasks in chunks until the student has met the objective.
Adapt the amount of information provided at one time. Can be used for an
Accommodation or a Modification.
2. Time: Adapt the allotted amount of time allowed for learning, task completion, and
testing. Allow a longer period of time for the student to learn the concepts.
Consider the objectivehow much do they need to show that they have learned?
Individualize the pace of the learning to meet the needs of students. Can be used
for an Accommodation.
3. Input: Adapt the way instruction is delivered to the students. Use audio and visual
aids, semantic mapping, guided imagery, concrete examples, hands-on activities,
or place students in cooperative groups. Can be used for an Accommodation.
4. Output: Adapt HOW the learner can respond to the instruction. Does everything
need to be pencil and paper tasks? Instead of answering questions in writing use
verbal techniques, projects, games, portfolios, and hands-on tasks for evaluation of
learning. Can be used for an Accommodation.
5. Level of Support: Increase the amount of personal assistance with a specific
learner. Provide instruction in a manner that can become independently supported
as necessary. Assign peer buddies, teaching assistants, or tutors (peer or cross
age). Employ cooperative learning methods. Perform a self-check of materials. Can
be used for an Accommodation.
6. Difficulty: Adapt the skill level, problem type, or the rules on how the students
may approach the assignment. The assignment is not watered down but is adapted
to the abilities and disabilities of the student and is made to fit! Simplify the
directions, provide cues and adapt the assignment to the computer or employ a
calculator to assist in the assignment completion. Can be used for an
Accommodation or a Modification.
7. Participation: Designed for a student with a severe disability. Adapt the
assignment to the extent to which a learner is actively involved within a task.
Adapt the level of participation expected as the task is being performed (feedback
loop). Can be used for an Accommodation.
8. Alternate Goal: Designed for a student with a severe disability. Adapt the goals,
objectives and outcome expectations of the assignment while still using the same
materials as is supplied to the rest of the class for the assignment. Can be used
for a Modification.
9. Substitute Curriculum: Designed for a student with a severe disability. Provide
differentiated instruction and materials to meet a learners individual goals. This
decision is made by the Admission, Review, and Dismissal (ARD) process and
should be planned by the committee. Can be used for a Modification.