Instructional Modifications for Web-based Activities

Accommodation Strategies for Students with ADHD

1. Provide step by step instructions for students to follow.

2. Provide a lesson overview and expected outcomes from the activity.

3. Repeat instructions several times for the student’s benefit.

4. Provide students with written and verbal directions.

5. Maintain realistic expectations for outcomes, neatness, due dates, and time limits.

6. Incorporate frequent checks of student work and progress.

7. Establish routines for each activity that are consistent.

8. Provide students with a visual checklist of work that should be completed.

9. Reduce surrounding distractions in the classroom.

10. Provide constant support and feedback to students.

11. Avoid giving students too much information in one sitting.

12. Maintain and enforce rules for internet use.

Accommodation Strategies for Students with Visual and Hearing Impairments

1. Provide individual instruction for students in the classroom.

2. Provide visually impaired students with head phones.

3. Incorporate adaptive technology into the classroom such as voice output device or Braille keyboard.

4. Use pictures to correspond with words through programs such as Writing with Symbols or Boardmaker.

5. Provide direct, step by step instructions orally and in written form.

6. Use supplemental resources such as pictures, audio clips, or handouts to add clarity to the assignments.

7. Allow students extra time to complete activities.

8. Repeat and reinforce directions.

9. Allow students to work in partners and small groups.

10. Encourage students to print their work.