SPECIAL EDUCATION
For many students with disabilities - and for many without - the key to success in the classroom lies in having appropriate adaptations, accommodations, and modifications made to the instruction and other classroom activities.
www.theinclusiveclass.com/2011/07/supports-modifications-and.html
www.theinclusiveclass.com/2011/07/supports-modifications-and.html
Inclusion
a belief system that values diversity and fosters a shared responsibility to help students reach their potential.
Modification
Usually a modification means a change in what is being taught to or expected from the student. Making an assignment easier so the student is not doing the same level of work as other students is an example of a modification.
Accommodation
An accommodation is a change that helps a student overcome or work around the disability. Allowing a student who has trouble writing to give his answers orally is an example of an accommodation. This student is still expected to know the same material and answer the same questions as fully as the other students, but he doesn’t have to write his answers to show that he knows the information.
What is most important to know about modifications and accommodations is that both are meant to help a child to learn.
Education System in One Picture
Using overlays for students
10 Things NOT to Say in an IEP Meeting
http://www.srcs.k12.ca.us/District/SS/Documents/What%20not%20to%20Say.pdf
More Resources:
https://padlet.com/tmontgomery3/Inclusion17