Accommodations-Designed to help the child to be able to do the same work as his or her peers. Following are some examples of the six types of accommodations:

1. Size-Reduce the number or amount of an assignment.

2. Time- Adjust how long the child is given to complete tasks.

3. Input-Teaching strategies that are used that help the child be able to understand what he or she is learning (e.g. a video, computer programs, visual aids, graphic organizers).

4. Level of Support-Cooperative groups, a peer buddy, a mentor or a paraeducator are used to help the child learn.

5. Difficulty-Skills are varied, different levels and processes of being able to understand so the child can learn (e.g. using a calculator, having tests or lessons, other than reading, read to the child, making abstract concepts concrete).

6. Output-Ways the child can demonstrate what he or she has learned (e.g. Giving answers to tests or assignments orally instead of written, typing instead of handwriting, using the child’s sensory modality preference, such as auditory, visual or tactile/kinesthetic, using the child’s multiple intelligence strengths (verbal-linguistic, ligical-mathematical, visual-spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, musical-rhythmic, interpersonal, intrapersonal and naturalist).

Modifications-Designed to help the child to be able to do similar schoolwork as his or her peers, because what the child is expected to learn is different from his or her peers. Following are some examples of the three primary types of modifications:

1. Participation-The degree to which what the child is expected to do is

different from that of other students at the same age/grade level.

2. Alternate Goals-The outcome expectations are adapted (e.g. The child

Will copy information instead of composing information).

3. Substitute Curriculum-A different textbook on the same subject is used.