Interventions are stratagies and techniquesused to support students who are struggling academically or behaviorally. They are often implemented to help students catch uo to their peers.
Interventions are typically applied to students who are not meetinggrade-level expectations, including those with specific learning disabilities, emotional disturbances, or other health impairments as defined by IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act).
Here are some examples that can be utilized through interventions. Reading interventions such as small group instructions focusing on phonic for students struggling with reading, Math tutoring additional sessions outside regular class time to help a student improve their math skills, or a Behavior Intervention Plan(BIP) A structured plan to improve a students behaviors in the classroom.
Intervention Central is an additional resource that offers tools for educators to design and implement effective interventions.
High-Leverage Practices(HLP9) teach social skills for effective sociol interaction.
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Differentiation
Differenatiation involves tailoring instruction to meet the diverse needs of a students by varying the content,process,and English language learners.
Universal Design for Learning(UDL) is an evidence based practice, framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all peaple based on scientific insights into how humans learn.
Differentiation is applicable to all students, including those with diverse learning needs, gifted students, and English language learners.
Here are some exaples used, flexable grouping students by shared interest, topic, or ability for assignments. Choice boards, providing students with a list of activities to choose from to demonstrate their understanding, and tiered assignments offering varying levels of assignments to different students based on their readiness levels.
Differentiation Central is an additional resource that provides insight and strategies for diffierentiating instructions in the classroom.
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Extending time allowing the student to complete test or assignments, preferential seating like seating the student in front of the class to minimize distractions, and audio books that provide versions of text for the students with reading disabilities.
Accommodations
Accommodations are changes made to the learning environment or the way tasks are presented to help students access the curriculum without altyering the content.
Understood.org:Accommodations offer additional support a comprehensive guide on different types of accommodation.
High-Leverage Practices(HLP19) uses assistive and instructional technology to enhance learning oppertunities for students with disabilities.
Students with disabilities, including those with physical impairments, learning disabilities, or ADHD, can receive accommodations.
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Additional Resource: National Center on Accessible Educational Materials.Offers resources for making educational materials accessible.
Applicaable Students with significant disabilities who require curriculum modifications to participate meaningfully in the classroom
Adaptations
Adaptations are changes made to the curriculum or teaching methods to accommodate the learning needs of students with disablities.
Visual Supports involves using visual aids to enhance understanding and learning.
Providing simplified text reading materials that retain the core concepts.Using visual schedules like pictures and symbols to represent a students daily schedule, as well as breaking down tasks into smaller, more manageable steps.
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High-Leverage Practices:(HLP 15) Provide Scaffolded Supports:Involves providing temporary support to help students accomplish tasks they cannot do independently.
Modifications
Alternative assignments that focus on functional skills instead of grade-level academic skills, reduced complexity simplifying of the test questions, and an alternative grading scale that reflects the students progress on modified curriculum goals.
Modifications involve altering the curriculum expectations for a student, changing what they are expected to learn.
Additional Resource: Special Education Guide:Modifications: Provides information on modifications and how they differ from accommodations.
Students with significant disabilities, such as intellectual disabilities or autism, who require personalized learning goals.
Here are some examples that can be utilized, Individualized reading program created specifically disigned for a stdents learning style and needs, behavioral interventions custom stratagies to address a students particular behavioral challenges, and speech therapy providing targeted speech therapy sessions for students with communication disorders.
SDI is tailored instructions designed to meet the unique needs of a student with a disability, ensuring access to the gerneral education curriculum.
Additional Resources: IRIS Center: Specially Designed Instructions: Offers resources and modules to support specially designed instructions.
Students with disabilities who have an Individualized Education Program(IEP) that outlines their specific educational needs and goals.
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