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  1. Examples of Modified Assignments for Students with Special Needs

    Here are some examples of modifications. Remember, that a modified lesson in an inclusive classroom is a lesson where the objective and/or learning materials have been changed to meet the needs of a special learner. However, the overall concept or activity remains the same so that the learner can experience the curriculum alongside his or her ...

  2. How to Adapt Your Teaching Strategies to Student Needs

    Give explanations in small, distinct steps. Provide written as well as oral directions. Have the student repeat directions. When giving directions to the class, leave a pause between each step so student can carry out the process in his mind. Shorten the listening time required. Provide written and manipulative tasks.

  3. 9 Effective Differentiated Instruction Strategies for Special Needs

    Teachers create assignments with different levels of complexity for special needs students. This differentiated instruction strategy also allows each tier to align with the same learning goal, but it varies in difficulty to match students' abilities. 3. Choice Boards. Teachers provide students with activity options for the current lesson.

  4. PDF Modifications for Students with Disabilities

    Accommodations are designed to enable children with disabilities to be educated with their nondisabled peers to the maximum extent appropriate. All students with an IEP or 504 plan are entitled to modifications that their team determines are needed. Modifications change WHAT your child learns or is taught. The Virginia Department of Education ...

  5. Adaptations and Modifications for Students with Special Needs

    These resources detail easy modifications to incorporate in your curriculum for students with special needs. Adjustments in classroom environment, curriculum planning, and assessment, will help you accommodate and challenge each member of your class. Appropriately modify your instruction to address diverse needs with our articles on bilingual ...

  6. Inclusive Education for Special Needs Students

    For instance, teaching students with special needs in inclusive classrooms can lead to: Greater academic gains in literacy, math, and social studies. Better communication and social skills. Fewer absences. Less disruptive behavior. More motivation to work and learn. Research shows that students without special needs also benefit from learning ...

  7. Common accommodations and modifications in school

    Scheduling accommodations. Take more time to complete a project. Take a test in several timed sessions or over several days. Take sections of a test in a different order. Take a test at a specific time of day. Organization skills accommodations. Use an alarm to help with time management. Mark texts with a highlighter.

  8. Teaching Strategies for Students With Special Needs

    Discuss and establish behavioral expectations. Describe how students are expected to behave during the lesson. For example, "Talk quietly to your neighbors during seatwork;" or "Raise your hand if you need anything from me.". Provide the schedule in advance. Summarize your lesson plan so everyone is on the same page.

  9. Teaching Students with Special Needs

    Teaching Students with Special Needs. Teaching is a remarkable journey, one that is full of opportunities and challenges. When it comes to teaching students with special needs, the journey becomes even more unique.Educators may find themselves navigating uncharted waters, as each student presents a distinct set of skills, abilities, and learning styles.

  10. 18 adapted materials for students with special needs

    I have a lot of pupils with special needs, your ideas will help us. Thank you. Reply. Yavet Flores link. 1/19/2020 10:47:37 am. Hi Rocio - I'm Yavet Flores, the editor and owner of JE. ... I've been thinking about ways to adapt the contents with students with special needs, and I created 60 activities for them, 6 for each topic (10 units). If ...

  11. PDF Examples of Adapting the Curriculum for Students with Special Needs

    The following are examples of adaptations that may assist students with special needs achieve success in science. The teacher could: Adapt the environment • Change where the student sits in the classroom. • Make use of cooperative grouping • Adapt presentations • Provide students with advance organizers of key scientific concepts. •

  12. 10 activities for students with special education needs

    Another NeuronUP activity for k-12 students with special needs to work on ADLs that we highlight is Get Dressed. In this game they have to appropriately dress a mannequin in terms of the order and placement of the items of clothing as well as the type of situation. In the example below, students have to dress the woman for a special occasion.

  13. How to Modify for Special Education

    Give a specific list for steps to complete a task. Provide concept cards with an assignment. Allow the student to use their book or notes. Provide specific examples. Highlight tricky or key words in questions. Allow extra time. Allow student to work in quieter setting. Allow calculators. Allow for brainstorming prior to the assignment.

  14. PDF Tools for Writing: Strategies to Help Students with Special Needs

    Rational and Problem Statement. Jennifer D. McCord. Olentangy Local Schools. Keywords. Early childhood special education, sentence. expansion, storyboarding. Abstract. When I started this school year with my primary level special needs students, I knew right. away that I had a problem: my students were very reluctant writers.

  15. Creative Writing Activities for a Special Needs Student

    Mad Libs is an activity that helps students practice their grammar and vocabulary skills in a fun way without pressure. Create a simple story template with blanks for various parts of speech (nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc.). Have your students fill in the blanks with their own choices of words.

  16. How to Modify Study Guides for Students with Special Needs

    Study guides and strategies help students prepare for tests and understand difficult material. Sometimes, the study guide can be as complicated as the text, lecture, or material if teachers are not careful. Here are a few tips to help create study guides that give your students with special needs the chance to show what they know. Modifications for students are important and help students ...

  17. Special Education: Free Resources

    Share My Lesson also offers specialized materials for students with autism, ADHD, dyslexia, and dyscalculia. These resources aren't just about coping but about thriving. They are designed by Share My Lesson partners to celebrate differences and foster an environment where those differences are strengths. This collection also provides a variety ...

  18. 6 Differentiation Strategies for Students with Special Needs

    Below are 6 differentiation strategies to help meet the needs of your students. 1. Provide multiple opportunities to conference. Students with special needs require constant opportunities to check ...

  19. PDF School Modification Ideas for Students Who Receive Special ...

    Students with disabilities who receive special education services sometimes need modifications in their educational programs. A modification is an adjustment to an assignment or a test that changes the standard or what the assignment or test is supposed to measure.1 Examples of modifications include a student completing work on part of an ...

  20. Accommodations for Students with Disabilities

    The Stanford Office of Accessible Education provides many accommodations, such as books on tape, material in Braille, large print documents, etc. However, there are many ways that instructors can support their students' learning: Provide digital versions of documents, such as your syllabus and assignment sheets, so that they can be used in ...

  21. Writing Prompts for kids with pictures

    Writing prompts for kids do not have to be long. There are no wrong answers in these writing prompts. Use what you have, writing prompts don't need to look perfect. Give them a chance to share their finished writing prompts. Due to my love of writing prompts for kids, I created a unit that contains 26 different writing prompts from A-Z.

  22. 10 Questions to Ask About Special Needs Program

    Choosing a school or a class for a child with special needs can be an overwhelming task. Class sizes, student populations, therapy services and transportation are all factors. Parents will have to weigh teacher strategies and approaches, district priorities and policies regarding motivation and behaviors. Here are 10 questions to ask during your search for the right school or program:

  23. Special Educational Needs and Disability Assignment 1

    An insight to an assignment based on the optional Special Educational Needs and Disability module. the following assignment will focus on special educational. Skip to document. ... Although the policy argues children with special educational needs should be included in mainstream classrooms, Jordan et al (2009) recognise that due to teachers ...

  24. What is Special Education?

    Special Education is a set of services provided to students who experience exceptional learning needs. Governed by federal law (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, IDEA), special education is defined as: "Specially designed instruction, at no cost to parents, to meet the unique needs of a child with a disability." Special education services may be provided across a variety of ...

  25. 517- ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY MAJOR ASSIGNMENT 2 (pdf)

    EDSE 517 Computer Applications for Special Populations Major Assignment 2 - Technology Tools Overview Students will select a broad technology topic to research, describe, and analyze based on the needs of an actual student or developed case study. A list of technology topics (i.e. word prediction) will be provided by the instructor. Students will then select two specific technologies within ...

  26. UIC Simulation and Integrative Learning (SAIL) Center

    We partner with Illinois families and communities to help children and youth with special healthcare needs connect to ... of Illinois Chicago's Division of Specialized Care for Children provides FREE care coordination for families of children with special healthcare needs. Visit Us on Facebook. Contact Us. P: (800) 322-3722 F: (217) 558-0773.

  27. Teachers forced to choose which special needs children get help

    Those working in education told the Big Issue it reflected a crisis for children with special needs and disabilities - with a system stretched to breaking point. 58,000 new plans put in place. The percentage of special needs pupils without an EHC plan has risen to 4.8% - up from 3.1% in 2019. In England, 1.2 million pupils with SEN do not ...

  28. Special needs student allegedly raped at Indiana school

    The lawsuit says that on at least 11 occasions, from Aug. 28, 2023 to Jan. 25, 2024, messages were sent to James on his iPad demanding that he come to a bathroom in the school. These messages were labeled "Allowed Student Communications," and given James' special needs, were supposed to be monitored by the school.

  29. Special needs student, allegedly raped at HSE School, files suit

    HAMILTON COUNTY — The family of a student with special needs is suing Hamilton Southeastern Schools after the student was allegedly sexually assaulted and raped in the care of the school system. According to the lawsuit, the 13-year-old student, who was a special needs student at a junior high school within Hamilton Southeastern Schools ...

  30. Reasons for Unmet Health Care Needs Among Black, Hispanic, and White

    Children with special health care needs on Supplemental Security Income for disability have more health impacts and needs than other children with special health care needs on Medicaid. Acad Pediatr. 2020;20(2):258-266. Crossref. PubMed. Google Scholar. 18. Fuller AE, Brown NM, Grado L, Oyeku SO, Gross RS. Material hardships and health care ...