I have listed the main purpose of accommodations and all of the accommodations my students with dyslexia receive. You may want to print this out to take with you when you meet with teachers to discuss accommodations. The better prepared you are as a parent, the more successful the meeting will be, and the more likely it will be that your child will receive what he/she needs.
Purpose of accommodations:
- To allow students to demonstrate what they know
- To give students a “stepstool” so that they can learn with the others
- To reduce anxiety about school
- To reduce stress in the home
Possible accommodations (Depending on a variety of factors...severity of dyslexia, age of the student, subject, co-existing conditions, etc...different accommodations will be needed at different times.):
- Not required to read orally in class
- Not required to spell orally in class
- Not required to write on the board
- Allow the use of audio books/parent reads to them or takes turns
- Accept typed or dictated assignments
- Additional time for tests/quizzes
- Oral testing (may give test with other students and then ask missed questions orally)
- Do not count off for spelling (grade on content)
- Do not count off for handwriting
- Do not require copying/Provide copy of notes or study sheet
- Reduced classwork/homework
- Reduced spelling list
- Allow use of tools that may help in problem-solving in math, language, science, etc. (steps to solve, multiplication tables, graph paper, definition of parts of speech, list of preposition, etc.)
- Breaker larger assignments into chunks
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