Buzzing A Hive

Amanda Douglass and Lauren Massimo

Modifications for Special Needs Students

Autistic students, Dyslexic students

Instructional Accommodations for Autistic Students:

• Repetition of instruction
• Rephrasing questions
• Redirection to activities
• Modeling of task
• Reinforcement
• Visual cues to modify behaviors and for transition
• Visual learning strategies
• Assignments broken down to smaller tasks
• Verbal & visual prompts and cues
• Allow for movement
• Picture schedule
• Models and reward system

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Instructional Accomodations for students with dyslexia:

Curriculum

• Shorten assignments to focus on mastery of key concepts
• Shorten spelling tests to focus on mastering the most functional words
• Substitute alternatives for written assignments (posters, oral/taped or video presentations, projects, collages, etc.)

Classroom Environment

• Provide a computer for written work
• Seat student close to teacher in order to monitor understanding
• Provide quiet during intense learning times

Instruction and Assignments

• Give directions in small steps and with as few words as possible
• Break complex direction into small steps—arrange in a vertical list format
• Read written directions to student, then model/demonstrate
• Accompany oral directions with visual clues
• Use both oral and written directions
• Ask student to repeat; check for understanding      

Website:

http://www2.ednet10.net/dyslexia/Dyslexia-AccommModif.html

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