[PDF] adaptations and accommodations for sensory impairments

Examples of visual accommodations include sign language interpreters, lip reading, and captioning. Examples of aural accommodations include amplification devices such as FM systems. Some students who are hard of hearing may hear only specific frequencies or sounds within a certain volume range.
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  • How do you accommodate sensory issues?

    Provide a weighted lap pad, weighted vest, wiggle cushion, or other OT-approved sensory tools. Provide earplugs or noise-muffling headphones to help with noise sensitivity. Let the student use handheld fidgets; consider using a fidget contract.

  • What is adaptation and accommodation?

    Accommodations are changes to the curriculum, An adaptation is a change to curriculum, instruction, or testing format or procedures that. instruction, or assessments that fundamentally. allow a student to demonstrate their abilities.

  • What are the 4 types of accommodations?

    In this chapter, accommodations are organized into four categories: • Presentation—how students receive information, Responding—how students show what they know, • Setting—how the environment is made accessible for instruction and assessment, and • Scheduling—how time demands and schedules may be adjusted.
  • Some adaptations are as simple as moving a distractible student to the front of the class or away from the pencil sharpener or the window. Other modifications may involve changing the way that material is presented or the way that students respond to show their learning.
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