Modification Specific Rationale Benefits Type Modification Environmental/ Constant repetition of Students with severe Students know Management procedures/ learning disabilities what is expected expectations/ rules need constant of them and how repetition in order to to behave. store information in the long term memory. Instructional Visuals whenever Students have severe Students have possible learning disabilities better possibility of and visuals make the retaining learning more information. concrete. Hands on activities Students have severe Students have whenever possible learning disabilities better possibility of and hands on retaining activities make the information. learning more concrete. Break lessons into Almost all of the The students are smaller parts students have severe able to have learning disabilities breaks in between and the students feel learning so that overwhelmed after too the students can much instructional refocus and retain time without breaks. the information better. High expectations Students have very If you set high low self-esteem and expectations, the they need to be students will know reminded that they that you believe in can complete them and their anything they set their capabilities. mind to and also know that you believe in them. Materials Precut Objects Most of the students, The primary focus especially the of the lesson is not kindergarteners, have cutting. Therefore, low fine motor if the cutting has function. If a project already been done requires cutting out for the students,
Modification Type Specific Modification Rationale Benefits Environmental/ Management Constant repetition of procedures/ expectations/ rules Students with severe learning disabilities need constant repetition in order to store information in the long term memory. Students know what is expected of them and how to behave. Instructional Visuals whenever possible Hands on activities whenever possible Break lessons into smaller parts High expectations Students have severe learning disabilities and visuals make the learning more concrete. Students have severe learning disabilities and hands on activities make the learning more concrete. Almost all of the students have severe learning disabilities and the students feel overwhelmed after too much instructional time without breaks. Students have very low self-esteem and they need to be reminded that they can complete anything they set their mind to and also know that you believe in them. Students have better possibility of retaining information. Students have better possibility of retaining information. The students are able to have breaks in between learning so that the students can refocus and retain the information better. If you set high expectations, the students will know that you believe in them and their capabilities. Materials Precut Objects Most of the students, especially the kindergarteners, have low fine motor function. If a project requires cutting out The primary focus of the lesson is not cutting. Therefore, if the cutting has already been done for the students,
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