Accommodations for a Student Who Has Difficulty Listening to Lectures and DIscussions

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Accommodations in Instructional Methods and Materials

Instructions

• Provide overview of learning outcomes and content at beginning of lesson.
• Use modeling and thinking aloud when teaching.
• Link what is being learned to previous lessons or background knowledge.
• Present material in logical manner; use cues to shift from one aspect to the next.
• Break complex information into steps or identify key components.
• Repeat, paraphrase, and summarize key information, especially at end of lecture or discussion.

Notetaking

• Provide oral and visual prompts during lecture or discussion about what to include in notes.
• Key class notes to relevant text pages.
• Provide copies of transparencies, lecture outline, or graphic organizer to assist with notetaking.
• Give student a copy of peer's notes.
• Let student use mindmapping software to outline material presented.

Group Work

• Promote active student involvement: questions, small group interaction, discussion, structured responses.
• Use cooperative learning techniques like Think, Pair, Share or Jigsaw for student review.

Monitoring

• Prepare summary with blanks or questions for students to complete.
• Monitor student comprehension as information is presented.
• Ask student to tell or write important points in own words before end of class.
• Make student feel comfortable asking for help by saying, “Tell me what you need,” “How does this fit with what you know?”

Accommodations in Assignments and Assessments

Instructions

• Alert student with signal before giving directions.
• Change tone of voice to capture and sustain attention.
• Combine oral directions with pictures, printed words, and diagrams.
• Provide overview of learning objectives and content at beginning of lesson.
• Present material in logical manner; use cues to shift from one aspect to another.
• Have student read summary or lesson objectives first.
• Give student list of important vocabulary.
• Break complex information into steps or identify key components.
• Use charts and graphics to reinforce oral presentation.
• Use hands-on activities, pictures, or diagrams to represent abstract concepts or complex information.
• Show same information in video or movie.

Classroom Tests

• Conduct review of knowledge and skills several days before test.
• Provide study guide to help students prepare for test.
• Read test instructions to student and simplify language.

FCAT

• Repeat, clarify, and summarize directions.
• Highlight key words or phrases in directions, questions, and passages.
• Provide student a copy of directions reads from FCAT administration script.
• Ask student to demonstrate understanding of directions by repeating or paraphrasing.

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