Classroom Accommodations:
- Allow additional time to complete in-class assignments
- Allow for extra or extended breaks
- Provide student with instructor’s notes or help student obtain quality notes from other students
- Provide both oral and written instructions; clarify instructions
- For lectures, provide student with an outline or study guide when available
- In grading work, reduce emphasis on spelling and grammatical errors unless it is the purpose of the assignment
- Provide preferential seating at or near the front of the classroom
- Reduce quantity of work required, in favor of quality.
- Avoid placing student in high pressure situations (e.g., short time frames, extensive volume of work; highly competitive)
- Exempt student from reading aloud in front of classmates because of impaired reading skills.
Classroom Modifications:
- Allow additional time on tests.
- Provide for completion of tests in a quiet, individual environment with the goal of minimizing distractions
- Assess knowledge using multiple-choice instead of open-ended questions.
- Allow student to clarify and explain responses on exams (and assignments).
- Allow student to keep a sheet with mathematic formulas for reference, unless memorizing the formulas is required.
- Allow the student to utilize a dictionary and thesaurus in writing test responses.
- If two exams are scheduled on the same day, allow student to reschedule one for another day.
- Minimize extraneous auditory and visual stimulation (use study carrels or room dividers)
- Provide preferential seating
- Arrange seating to allow for more space between students
- Structure student's activities and schedule to limit number of changes and reduce unstructured time
