Accommodation helps Special Education students learn better. “They allow the student access to the general education curriculum without any changes in the content, and they do not change the task the student is expected to do” (Bateman, 2016, p. 168). Accommodation can be applied to any part of a student’s school life. For example, a common testing accommodation is to provide the student with a quiet place to take an assessment. “Accommodation allows a student to complete the same assignment or test as other students, but with a change in the timing, formatting, setting, scheduling, response, presentation, or a combination of these” (Bateman, 2016, p. 75).
Some examples could be:
- More time allowed to complete assignments.
- Allow the use of notes as a memory aid. This could be as simple as the use of a 3.5×5 card the student creates for their own use.
- Breaks or room to pace at the back of the class.
- Use of a calculator or other math tables.
- Seating near the teacher or away from distracting peers.
- Assessment could be given orally.
- Use of Text-to-Speech or Speech-to-Text
- Audio books or graphic novels.
- Providing students with outlines of the chapter or vocabulary lists in advance.
