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Dear Friend & Advocate A pretty hot topic for teachers, schools,

and parents - providing accommodations and modifications for children with

disabilities. We receive questions and differing opinions every week.

Some teachers say they don't favor modifications, because they are " unfair. "

Some feel if they let students get by with not doing homework or classwork, they

will accept accommodations rather than working to their potential.

Others assert that teachers must modify instruction to meet individual needs.

In this issue of the Special Ed Advocate we let the teachers debate. We'll

share their questions, opinions, and emails with you.

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If Teachers Over Accommodate, Do Students Under Perform? " If the

child would do his homework and classwork, he wouldn't need accommodations, "

says a charter school teacher.

When the Special Education Director asked her to modify lessons to accommodate

students, read her response in Do We Over Accommodate? Teachers Debate

Accommodations and Modifications.

Read this article and see if you agree that teachers are training children to

under perform when they accommodate students based on their disabilities.

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Must Teachers Make Modifications? Here's a different position in

this teachers' debate.

Another teacher asks these questions...

Should a teacher modify instruction to meet individual needs?

Does each child have a right to achieve successful literacy and mathematical

competency?

Does every teacher bear the burden of ensuring that no child is left behind?

This teacher answers with a resounding " Yes. "

Of course teachers must make modifications.

" Not only is differentiated instruction the best way to meet a child's

individual needs, " she says it is also a right of that child, required by

Department of Education regulations.

Where would you stand in this debate?

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How Does Differentiating Instruction Level the Playing Field?

" I'm not sure why some teachers believe that differentiating instruction to

help a child learn is somehow " unfair " to other kids who don't need that

particular assistance, " says Pam .

In Do We Over Accommodate? Teachers Debate Accommodations and Modifications,

she answers these questions.

When may a child have accommodations?

What accommodations are appropriate?

Must a teacher always provide accommodations?

Are there circumstances when providing accommodations that may lead to

problems?

When people with disabilities do not receive accommodations, the tests they

take often measure the impact of their disabilities, not what they know.

Read Pete's answer to a teacher's question - and learn his " big gripe " about

special education in Must Teachers Provide Accommodations & Modifications in the

Child's IEP?

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