How to Modify

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How to Modify Accommodate for Autism

• Dallas Independent School District
• Special Education Department
• IDEA Coordination and Specialized Programs

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Reminders

• Take care of yourself
• Place all cell phones on silent or vibrate
• Use your inside voice
• Respect others
• Everyone participates

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Agenda
Differences between Acc and Modify
Ice Breaker

Supports
IEP Goals and Objectives
Accommodation Page
Conclusion
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Objectives

• The objectives for todays staff development are
• To recognize the importance of accommodating and
  modifying for students
• Identify various strategies and tools to assist
  with instruction.

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ICE BREAKER

• Connect the Numbers
• Directions
• Connect the numbers in order from 1 to 60.
• You have one minute to complete this activity.

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Connect the Numbers

• Lets re-do this activity
• Directions
• Using the new handout, fold your paper in half
  (hot dog or hamburger fold).
• Fold your paper in half again (you should have
  four squares.

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Connect the Numbers

• Now, connect the numbers form 1 to 60.

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Before you can Accommodate or Modify

• All students who receive special education
  services have an Individualized Education Plan.
  This document describe students skills and
  states goals for services as well as strategies
  for achieving those goals.

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Before you can Accommodate or Modify.

• Annual IEP goals and objectives should
  describe what the ARD committee expect the child
  to accomplish. The goals should focus on the
  special education and related services school
  employs to offset or reduce the problems
  resulting from the disability.
• Refer to Handout 1

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Before you can Accommodate or Modify.

• The accommodation page is part of the IEP that
  explains what accommodations that the students
  needs to be successful.
• Refer to handout 2

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Accommodations

• Accommodations- A change made in the
  teaching or testing procedures in order to
  provide a student with access to information and
  to create an equal opportunity to demonstrate
  knowledge and skills.

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Modifications

• Modifications- A change in WHAT the
• student is expected to learn and/or
• demonstrate. While a student may be working on
  modified course content, the subject area remains
  the same as the rest
• of the class.

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Determining Accommodations Versus Modifications

• Working as a table group, read each
• statement of support for students with
  disabilities. Then indicate, by placing a (v) in
  the appropriate column, if it is a accommodation
  or modification.

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Concepts and Strategies to Prepare You to Assist
in Classroom Instruction

• As a paraprofessional, your primary
• responsibility is to assist the teacher
• and support student learning.

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Some Visual Supports

• Labeling materials and equipment.
• Using drawings and models to help illustrate
  concepts.
• Using flash cards to learn key information

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Some Visual Supports

• Using visual materials charts, graphs,
  pictures, videos, etc.
• Showing a model of what the end product will look
  like.
• Use visual cards, oral and written directions.
• Numbering the steps in a task.
• Refer to handouts

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Physical Supports

• The TAKS-ALT was designed to evaluate students
  on the state standards (TEKS).
• This activity is designed to help familiarize
  yourself with the physical supports that may be
  used in the classroom.

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Prompting

• As a group, place the prompting description in
  order from most to least invasive.
• Refer to the Ziploc bags on the tables

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Instructional Accommodation Modification
Activity

• Each group will receive a scenario
• identifying a student with autism or Aspergers
  Syndrome. Using prior knowledge and the
  information we have discussed, list
  accommodations and modifications that would
  assist the student to be successful
• in the classroom.

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HOW DO I TEACH THIS KID?

• Visual Work Tasks
• List ideas for differentiated instructions for
  the following work task

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Gallery Walk - Conclusion

What can you do to help student to be successful?
Name some ways to accommodate or modify for
students with special needs
Tell one thing you learned today that you will
apply this fall?
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Closing Activity

• I have
• Who has

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SURVEY

• Please complete the
• Survey

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The Special Education Department will like to
Thank You for attending the training