Accommodations as Solutions: Adapted Learning Environment

List of needs and solutions

Solutions in Assignments and Assessments

Instructions

• Make sure student faces teacher for directions.
• Use consistent routines to start lessons, change classes, complete activity, go to lunch, move around school.

Organizing

• Arrange classroom furniture, equipment, and materials so they are physically accessible and barrier-free.
• Store classroom materials and supplies in consistent, predictable manner.
• Let student sit away from busy area of classroom.
• Seat student away from distractions, such as windows, doors, vents, resource areas, other students.
• Give student legitemate chances to move around classroom, use restroom, get drink of water.
• Use raised desks or countertops to accommodate students in wheelchairs.
• Let student use learning center with appropriate materials and equipment.
• Ensure adequate lighting in work area.
• Identify quiet area of classroom where student can go when necessary.
• Seat student to maximize attention and reduce distraction, close to teacher if necessary.
• Provide positioning tools such as reading stand or tilt-top desk for easier reading.
• Provide adaptive or special furniture, lighting, and acoustics as needed.

Classroom Tests

• Administer test individually or in small groups.
• Let student take test in another classroom with no distractions.
• Let student use enclosed study carrel to take tests.

FCAT

• Secure paper to work area.
• Reduce stimuli by limiting the number of items on student's desk.
• Provide adaptive or special furniture, lighting, and acoustics as needed.
• Increase or decrease the opportuinity for movement as needed.
• Use special acoustics such as FM systems to enhance sound or special rooms to decrease auditory distractions.
• Use white noise (sound machines) to reduce auditory distractions.
• Administer test in classroom with special lighting and/or acoustics.
• Administer test in individual or small group setting.
• Administer test in environment with reduced stimuli, such as study carrel or desk cleared of extraneous items.
• Administer test in familiar place such as student's home with test proctor and/or familiar person present.
• Administer test in other specialized settings approved as unique accommodations.

List of needs and solutions