9 Types of Modifications &

Accommodations
Quantity

Time

Level of Support

Accommodation & Modification

Accommodation

Accommodation

1. Adapt the number of items

the student is expected to
learn (reduce questions on
practice activities)

1. Adapt time allotted for

learning task completion or
testing
2. Individualized time line
3. Pace learning differently

1. Increase amount of personal

assistance to keep student
on task
2. Reinforce or prompt use of
specific skills
3. Enhance relationships with
adult/student relations.

Input

Difficulty

Output

Accommodation

Accommodation & Modification

Accommodation

1. Adapt way instruction is

delivered to learner
Ex. Visual aides, enlarged tests,
cooperative groups.

1. Adapt skill level, problem type,

or rules of how learner may
approach work.
Ex. Allowing calculator,
changing rules for
completion

1. Adapt how student may

respond to instruction.
Ex. Allow verbal responses,
hands on activities to show
knowledge.

Participation

Alternative Goals

Accommodation

Modification

Substitute
Curriculum

1. Adapt extent to which

learners are actively involved in
a task. Student participates in a
different way than others.
Ex. Holding a globe while other
students point out things on the
globe.

1. Adapt goals or outcome

expectation while using same
materials.
Ex. Locating colors of states while
class locates names.

(AKA Functional Curriculum)

Modification
1. Provide different instruction
and materials to meet
individual goals. Usually for
students with moderate to
severe disabilities.