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Including Students with Disabilities in General Ed Classrooms
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A child who qualifies for Special Education services in the public
schools may also qualify for accommodations in regular classrooms in
which he or she is mainstreamed. Even if a child does not qualify for
Special Education, he or she may qualify for accommodations under a
law called Section 504.
Here are some accommodations that might be made:
Instruction
- Adjust reading level
- Allow student to tape lectures
- Allow typewritten or word processed assignments
- Provide a written outline
- Use peer tutoring
- Print board work and oral instruction so student may refer to it later
Testing
- Allow open book tests
- Provide practice questions for study
- Give multiple choice instead of short answer questions
- Allow use of dictionary or calculator during test
- Provide extra time to finish
Grades
- Base grades on the amount of improvement an individual makes
- Base grades on IEP objectives
- Base grades on effort as well as achievement
- Mark student's correct answers, not his/her mistakes on classwork and homework
Homework
- Evaluate homework by amount of time the student's parent agrees he/she spent on it
- Allow student to work on homework while at school
- Give frequent reminders about due dates
- Give short assignments
- Allow extra credit assignments
- Develop reward system for in-school work and homework completed
Physical Arrangement of the Classroom
- Seat student near teacher
- Stand near student when giving instructions
- Provide a structured routine in written form
- Provide organizational strategies such as charts, timelines, and compensatory strategies
- Use materials that address the students' learning style (visual, tactile, etc.)
Communication
- Develop a daily/weekly journal
- Schedule periodic parent/teacher meetings
- Provide parents and students with a duplicate set of texts that they can use at home for the school year
- Develop weekly progress reports
- Mail a schedule of class and work assignments to the student's parents
From Parent Journal, Spring 1996
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