Request and encourage student input on how to best accommodate the student's learning needs.
Provide audiotaped, Brailled, or electronic-formatted lecture notes, handouts, and texts.
Give clear verbal descriptions of visual aids including video and printed content used throughout your presentation.
To find calculators for students who are blind, consult the National Federation of the Blind Independence Market Online or American Printing House for the Blind.
This set of activities involves cutting, taping, and manipulating cardboard shapes and other small objects. These activities will present the greatest challenges to students with upper body mobility or fine motor impairments. Have students work with partners or in small groups so that each student can contribute according to his or her strengths. For information on suggested accommodations, select an activity below.
Request and encourage student input on how to best accommodate the student's learning needs.
Establish and honor classroom schedules and practices. Let the student know ahead of time of any changes to the classroom routines.
In group activities, assign the student to a group with supportive peers. Provide clear instructions so that students know exactly what is expected of them.
Help the student learn to anticipate situations that will be difficult and to plan in advance appropriate response strategies.
Request and encourage student input on how to best accommodate the student's learning needs.
Assure that classrooms and labs are in wheelchair-accessible locations.
Consider the position, lighting, and seating needs of the student during presentations or when using text, manipulatives, transparencies or other projected images.
Request and encourage student input on how to best accommodate the student's learning needs.
Provide large-print lecture notes, handouts, and worksheets.