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- Other Health Impairment
- Specific Learning Disability
- Speech and Language Disability or Impairment
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Visual Impairment and Blindness
Accommodations
Writing
- Using adapted materials (large grip pencils)
- Have a peer write for the student
- Have student present material in another form (orally)
- Use audio books
- Books on the computer (pages turn by activating a switch)
- Peer reads or turns the pages of the book
- Using a switch to navigate programs
- Having a peer kick or hit the ball while another peer pushes or assists student along the bases or down the field
- Student can activate stopwatch when peers are being timed in an activity
- Using adaptive materials for different sports (rainspout when bowling)
- Using adapted utensils to self-feed
- Peer assists in getting food from lunch line
- Using adapted brushes, pencils, markers, or making your own by wrapping tape several times around an item making it thicker and easier to grip
- Peer can cut items and put glue down while student pastes them by pressing them down
- Taping papers to table so they don’t move around when trying to paint, draw, or color
- Using instruments that can be strapped to the hand or other body part
- Student can hold instrument while peer hits it (drums, cymbals) and vice versa
- If using a recorded piece of music, student can use a switch to turn it on and off for the class
- Use floor corner sitting chairs (students are at the same level as peers)
- Use standers