Please, continue to comment, and add your accommodations-of-choice.īy working together, parents, we can attend our next IEP meetings feeling more like star students, and less like class clowns. This treasure of parent-to-parent sharing is summarized here.
Every kid has unique needs!”īy the end of the challenge, more than 30 parents had contributed their hard-won wisdom. These must be based on the child’s needs, not what they give to most of the kids. When you said ‘real life’ accommodations, you were right on. After all, what works for one child with ADD won’t necessarily work for others, as one reader confirmed: “I’m a special education staff developer and I train others on IEPs, so my son has a pretty nice one. The idea was to create the most comprehensive list of accommodations used successfully by real kids in existence.Īnd, the more ideas, the better. What Accommodations Work Best in an IEP for a Student with ADHD?ĪDDitude’s “Back-to-School IEP Challenge” invited parents to share real-world accommodations that worked for their kids. There’s so much to know - legal rights, educational strategies, my child’s unique strengths and needs - it can feel overwhelming. I read books, I search for information online, I ask questions.
My daughter, Natalie, a third grader with attention deficit disorder ( ADHD or ADD), has had an Individualized Education Plan and IEP accommodations since preschool, but I still feel like the new kid in class when it comes to advocating for her effectively.
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