According to IDEA, Supplementary Aids and Services means, aids, services and other supports that are provided in regular education classes or other education-related settings to enable children with disabilities to be educated with nondisabled children to the maximum extent appropriate.

Supplementary Aids and Services can include changes in:

• Environment
  • Special seating
  • Study carrel
  • Providing space for movement or breaks
  • Providing help to maintain an uncluttered space
•  Instructional Strategies
  • Teaching to a child’s learning style
  • Providing one-to-one instruction
  • Providing differentiated instruction
  • Providing hands-on activities
  • Using technology to support instruction
•   Social or Behavioral Support
  • Rest breaks
  • Teaching child how to make friends
  • Functional behavioral analysis
  • Positive behavioral intervention plan
  • Teaching independence
•  Staff Support
  • Enhanced staffing
  • Co-taught classroom
  • Small group instruction
  • Providing staff training
  • Collaboration time
  • Use of paraprofessional staff
• Assessment
  • Allowing answers to be dictated
  • Allowing additional time
  • Reading test to student
  • Accepting short answers
  • Highlighting key directions

Taken from “World of Options and Opportunities PowerPoint” The Connecticut State Department of Education

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