BLUE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL - LEARNING CENTER
ACCOMODATION/MODIFICATION PLAN FOR INCLUSION
SPECIFIC STRATEGIES for I.E.P. IMPLEMENTATION
THE FOLLOWING AACOMMODATIONS?MODIFICATIONS MAY BE NECESSARY FOR ______, GRADE ___, TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN YOUR CLASS. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT THESE STRATEGIES ARE GOOD FOR ALMOST ALL STUDENTS.
I. ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIES
A. Attending to information
____ Preferential seating in front or special seating arrangements near adult
____ Seat student near someone who will be helpful and understanding
____ Assign a peer tutor to review information
____ Reduce/minimize distractions in classroom, on desk, provide a study carrel
____ Find student a quiet corner for independent work
____ Student may need frequent breaks
B. Building rapport with student
____ Schedule regular times to talk, increase verbal praise
____ Accept and treat the student as a regular member of the class and do not refer to
as "Learning Center students" when in class or when leaving for a test
II. ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGIES
A. Help student with organizational skills
____ Help student use assignment sheet/notebook, copy assignment/HW from board
____ Give student interim due dates on long-term assignments, monthly calendar
____ Help student organize notebook/locker and have notebook/locker checks
____ Teach time management skills, set time limits, check things off as done
B. Help student complete assignments
____ Question student to make certain he/she understands the assignments, focuses
____ Help student get phone numbers of study buddies, homework hotline, voice mail
____ Ask parents to structure study time, give them specific tips
III. MOTIVATIONAL STRATEGIES
A. Use behavior modification strategies, teach social skills
____ Reinforce/teach appropriate participation/behavior in your class
____ Ignore inappropriate behavior as much as possible
____ Recognize student's on-task behavior and participation
____ Student has short attention span, praise him/her for tasks done
____ Be aware of possible frustrating situations
____ Encourage student to ask for assistance and advocate for him/herself
____ Allow provisions for physical movement (distribute materials, run errands, two
desks, stand at back of room, use stress relief devices, etc.)
____ Student is rejected by some peers; help him/her belong, teach social skills
____ Encourage development and sharing of special interests such as ______
____ Intervention needed – specific reinforcement system ______
____ Other Behavior Modification Strategies that work: ______
B. Monitoring progress
____ Send home daily/weekly progress reports or notes on daily assignment sheet
____ Develop/maintain a regular school-home communication system, written/voice mail
____ Develop a contract or chart student's progress and share with student, parents
____ Grade checks sent home and signed at least every two weeks
IV. PRESENTATION STRATEGIES
A. Organizing information
____ Tell students the purpose of the lesson, what will be expected of them during the
lesson (advance organizers)
____ Maximize VISUAL instruction, use aids (written directions, board, maps, overhead)
____ Stress AUDITORY modes of presentation, repeat as needed
____ Incorporate MULTI-SENSORY learning experiences whenever possible (see-say-do)
____ Use verbal cues (voice tone, volume and pacing) for main ideas and to help
student organize notes ("The next important idea is...)
____ Direct listening, cue student regularly by asking questions, give "think" time, then
call his or her name
____ Recap or summarize the main points of the lecture
____ Break down directions/instruction into shorter units
B. Rehearsing information
____ Teach strategies to recall information (good eye contact, attending position,
imagery, picking out key words, learning strategy behaviors, etc.)
____ Use memory devices to help student remember facts, concepts (mnemonics)
____ Ask student to repeat information heard, paraphrase points
____ Accept concrete answers, provide abstractions if they can handle this
____ Verbalize information in cooperative learning groups or with peer tutors
____ Avoid embarrassing student by requiring them to read orally, system for calling on
____ Allow student to tape record lesson, use in note taking later
____ Ask student to make flash cards, memory devices, submit possible test questions
V. CURRICULUM STRATEGIES
A. Reading and writing
____ Use worksheets that are visually clear and well spaced for easy reading
____ Provide outlines of chapters, study guides, and/or completed study guides for tests
____ Provide student hints to help answer questions (record page numbers, cue cards,
fill in the blank, calculators, buddies to check/correct answers, etc.)
____ Help highlight main ideas, important information in textbook. Keep a set of
highlighted textbooks for student checkout
____ Read aloud chapters of text in class whenever possible
____ Do not require lengthy outside reading assignments
____ Utilize peer tutors, building paraeducators, parents, volunteers to assist
the student
____ Tape novels/parts of texts (paraphrase, describe illustrations, etc.)
____ Provide teacher/peer class notes or have other student take notes on NCR paper.
(Student may not be able to copy accurately or fast enough from the board/book.)
____ Provide alternative assignments that do not require a lot of reading and
writing, lower difficulty level (Learning Center teachers will assist you)
B. Help student complete assignments
____ Supply student with samples of work expected
____ Encourage good quality of work (proofreading, rewriting, peer editing)
____ Make specific comments to correct responses on written or verbal class work,
dignify their answers
____ Reduce the volume of work (spelling lists, number of questions/assignment length)
____ Have student do some assignments with the L.C. teacher
____ Provide some credit for late assignments arranged through L.C., allow extra credit
sometimes, allow one day extension arranged through L.C.
____ Student may not let you know he/she is having problems; make sure assignments
are being done weekly and calling parents if not
VI. TESTING MODIFICATIONS OR ACCOMMODATIONS
A. Test-taking strategies and modifications/accommodations
____ Teach student test-taking strategies for your tests
____ Provide testing outline, tell student types of test questions and how to study
____ Provide opportunities for extra drill or study time before tests
____ Allow verbal review from test with an adult or take a practice test
____ Student takes regular tests in general education classroom
____ Revise format of test, modified (fewer questions, smaller blocks of matching, color-
coded matching, word banks, fill in the blank, reduce the number of choices for
readability, fewer choices on multiple choice, etc.)
____ Allow extra assignment/test time, if necessary
____ Give tests and quizzes orally in classroom or taken in Learning Center (if
scheduled by student one day in advance)
____ Allow the student to use notes on test or part of test or take open book tests
____ Test over similar material by testing one section at a time
____ Allow student other means for testing on bubble answer tests
____ Allow student to retake test if below C, then average scores
____ Evaluate test/grading differently (more on effort, daily work, projects, less on tests)
VII. GRADING
____ Student is on same grading system as other students
____ Individualized grading system and grade reports/cumulative folder marked modified
____ Student is on a credit/no credit (K/NK) system
*SEE I.E.P. SHORT SHOT SUMMARY FOR AREAS OF STRENGTH AND CONCERN, TESTING INFO
REMEMBER
There are many goals to inclusion aside from just the academic.
Don't worry if a student is not mastering every skill.
Recognize the correct and acceptable parts of the work.
Treat the student as if he/she were a foreign student whose
language skills are not yet adequate.
PROGRAM THE STUDENT FOR SUCCESS!
WE'RE HAPPY TO HELP IN ANY WAY WE CAN!
CALL ON US WHENEVER YOU NEED A HAND!
Developed/Updated by Tamara Demuth, Nancy Miller, Julie Franklin, Christi Weldon, 2001
Blue Valley Middle School
Blue Valley School District #229
Overland Park, Kansas 66223