An accommodation is an adaptation or change to educational environments or practices that helps a student overcome the barriers, or challenges, presented by the disability. It does not change the expectations for learning or the requirements of the task.

Types of accommodations

Accommodations are typically divided into four categories:

• Presentation accommodations
• Response accommodations
• Setting accommodations
• Timing and scheduling accommodations

How can educators identify and select accommodations to address the needs of individual students?

Using a set of guiding questions, the teacher will identify one timing and scheduling accommodation for a student with a disability based on his or her individual strengths and needs and the barrier created by the disability. The educator will then implement the accommodation and evaluate its effectiveness. Finally, the teacher and student will reflect on the effectiveness of the accommodation.

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