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Adaptations and Accommodations

Dennis Cleary Posts: 27 7/10/2023	Dennis Cleary Posts: 27 Hello. If you have questions about Adaptations and Accommodations, or an adaptation or accommodation (high tech or low tech) that you are proud of, please post them here. I am also attaching a guide to general adaptations and accommodations an occupational therapy student created who was with us last year. Here is the link to that guide: https://www.dropbox.com/s/9h05h6i1pk7brcf/Shaffer_Canva_Adaptations_and_Accommodations_Guide_Final%5B47%5D%20copy.pdf?dl=0
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Arden Winter Posts: 1 1/25/2024	Arden Winter Posts: 1 Dennis this is great! This is the first document I've seen in the portal with visual examples. I have taught SPED for 15 years and accommodations, for all learning styles and differences is something that I have always created, and I firmly believe that taking the time to develop and implement appropriate, individualized accommodations can be a game changer. Teaching the value and necessity of these tools is not something that I witness being provided very often. You have to learn how to think that way and most of the time you may find mention of the usual basic level accommodations and that's about as far as the implementation goes. Most training materials really don't provide. the hands on, visual examples like this. I always think that in order for the implementor/creator to fully understand the value and possibilities. we need to be taught in a very collaborative and creative way. I would love to see anything else you might have!
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Lisa McEntire Posts: 1 1/25/2024	Lisa McEntire Posts: 1 I love this Dennis! Tell your student he did a great job. Thank you so much for sharing!
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Dennis Cleary Posts: 27 1/25/2024	Dennis Cleary Posts: 27 Thanks Lisa and Arden -- We are trying to encourage more programs to utilize occupational therapists and also to think creatively about adapting tasks. Our training as OT's is a bit different related to task analysis -- If a person is really struggling, we try to figure out what they need to accomplish a task -- through task adaption, modification, or supports. I just had an email from an employment specialists who supports a Project SEARCH grad to help figure out how to clean out a sink after they had washed pans -- he was having difficulty with the bits of food they needed to get out before it was sterilized. So my idea was to use a small squeegee and a thin cutting board to squeegee the food onto to throw away. I'm always happy to help.
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Gavin Campbell Posts: 1 2/2/2024	Gavin Campbell Posts: 1 Hey! I was wondering how to best incorporate 1-on-1's that come with the interns for safety reasons? Any help is appreciated.
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Holly Opatick Posts: 99 2/5/2024	Holly Opatick Posts: 99 Students requiring one-to-one support for their safety needs may not be ready to join Project SEARCH. A basic entrance criterion for the program is completing travel training/instruction to ensure interns can get to/from and around the host business by themselves. Students with one-to-one support may benefit from first taking time to improve their travel skills and fade from the one-to-one before entering Project SEARCH. Keep in mind that competitive employment by the year's end is the program’s goal.
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