| Are you concerned that your child in special education | | | | 1. Reduce or minimize auditory distractions |
| may have Auditory Processing Disorder, because they | | | | 2. Reduce or minimize visual distractions |
| seem not to understand verbal communication? Has | | | | 3. Flexible preferential treatment |
| your child with autism already been diagnosed with this | | | | 4. Provide isolated area in the classroom for |
| disorder? Would you like to learn what | | | | independent work |
| accommodations and modifications can be given at | | | | 5. Make sure that the teacher has your child's attention |
| school, to help your child with their education? This | | | | before giving verbal information or directions |
| article will discuss 18 accommodations and | | | | 6. Use visual clues, outlines, organizers and study |
| modifications that you can ask for as you advocate | | | | guides as needed |
| for your child who receives special education services. | | | | 7. Use technology to give visual clues (overheads, |
| Auditory Processing Disorder is the inability to attend | | | | computers, etc) |
| to, discriminate among, or understand auditory | | | | 8. Provide teacher notes |
| information. This does not mean that your child cannot | | | | 9. Use manipulative's |
| hear, but that what they hear gets mixed up in their | | | | 10.Provide alternative test taking options |
| brain. This disorder causes many educational difficulties | | | | 11.Extend testing time |
| for children, which can be helped by accommodations | | | | 12.Use an FM system |
| and modifications. | | | | 13. Use ear plugs to reduce distractions |
| Accommodations are defined as: Changes made in | | | | Modifications: |
| how a student accesses and demonstrates learning, | | | | 1. Reduce language level or reading level of |
| and adjustments made to the presentation to or | | | | assignments |
| response from the student that does not change the | | | | 2. Adjust difficulty level and length of assignments |
| content or the intended outcome. In other words an | | | | 3. Provide alternative grading system |
| accommodation, is a change in presentation or in how | | | | 4. Avoid penalizing for spelling errors |
| the child responds, but does not change the content | | | | 5. Read test to student (this could be a |
| itself. | | | | accommodation, but it does change the expectations, |
| Modifications are defined as: Changes in what a | | | | so I included it in modifications) |
| student is expected to learn and demonstrate, and | | | | By knowing what accommodations and modifications |
| changes in content, requirements, and/or expectations. | | | | are available that could be used to help your child learn, |
| You should be careful that modifications are as minimal | | | | you can advocate for these. A child with Auditory |
| as possible so that expectations for learning can | | | | Processing Disorder can learn with special education |
| remain high!! | | | | services as well as accommodations and |
| Accommodations: | | | | modifications. |