Warm Up and Sharing Circle

Low Vision

Request and encourage student input on how to best accommodate the student's learning needs.

Consider the position, lighting, and seating needs of the student during presentations or when using text, manipulatives, transparencies or other projected images.

Provide large-print lecture notes, handouts, and worksheets.

Give clear verbal descriptions of visual aids including video and printed content used throughout your presentation.

Blindness

Request and encourage student input on how to best accommodate the student's learning needs.

Give clear verbal descriptions of visual aids including video and printed content used throughout your presentation.

Hearing Impairments

Request and encourage student input on how to best accommodate the student's learning needs.

Provide a sign language interpreter, real-time captioning, and/or an FM system.

Learning Disabilities

Request and encourage student input on how to best accommodate the student's learning needs.

Mobility Impairments

Request and encourage student input on how to best accommodate the student's learning needs.

Support the student's use of a computer equipped with a special input device (e.g., voice input, Morse code, alternative keyboard) whenever appropriate. For more information, consult the video presentation and publication Working Together: Computers and People with Mobility Impairments or the AccessSTEM Knowledge Base.

Health Impairments

Request and encourage student input on how to best accommodate the student's learning needs.

Provide a mechanism for students to learn material and make up assignments that they missed because of absences.

Psychosocial Impairments

Request and encourage student input on how to best accommodate the student's learning needs.

Establish and honor classroom schedules and practices. Let the student know ahead of time of any changes to the classroom routines.