1. Accommodations vs
Modifications

2. Accommodations Versus
Modifications
• Accommodations DO • Modifications are
NOT Fundamentally changes that do
alter the standard or Fundamentally lower
what the student is or alter the standard
expected to master. or expectation of the
The objectives of the course.
course/activity remain
intact.
• Accommodations=
How
• Modification= What

3. Types of Accommodations
• Quantity • Input
– # of items – Visuals, hands on
activities, cooperative
groups
• Time
– Extra time
• Output
– Adapt how the student will
• Level of Support respond to instruction
– Peer tutors, teacher small
group
• Participation
– Adapt the extent that the
student is actively involved
in the task

4. Types of Modifications
• Difficulty
– Scaffold the assignment to lower grade level
• Alternate Goals
– Same assignment with a adapted goal
• Substitute Curriculum
– Different instruction or material