This resource is under construction with updates to help educators in supporting students with diverse needs across Alabama!
This resource provides typical accommodations/supplementary aids or services (not an exhaustive list) a student may require to access the tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments in the school environment. If the student needs the accommodation, it must be annotated in the student's IEP accordingly, and this symbol 🪜is a reminder to be sure to do that in the list below.
If the listed accommodation/supplementary aid or service has any of the assessment markers (⭕🔵🟢🟤🟠), it is available for the corresponding assessment as either accessibility support or accommodation. Utilize the Testing Support Form for the student under the assessment type and subjects by which the student needs that support.
Two federal laws—the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA ’04)—mandate that educators use, to the greatest extent possible, evidence-based academic and behavioral practices and programs. Evidence-based strategies for autism are denoted by this 🏆symbol.
🔲Assistive Technology
🪜(Explain how the AT helps the student in the school environment)
🔵ACAP Summative (Testing Support Form, as an Accommodation)
⭕ACAP Alternate (Testing Support Form, as an Accommodation)
🔲Breaks (🏆Self-Management)
🪜(Explain how breaks are utilized by the student (frequency, location, initiation versus scheduled, etc.)
🔵ACAP Summative (Testing Support Form, as an Accommodation)
⭕ACAP Alternate (Testing Support Form, as an Accessibility Support
🔲Choice-making in the school environment (🏆Antecedent-based Intervention)
🪜(Explain how choice making in the school setting, classroom promotes positive learning experiences)
🔲Coping skills (🏆Cognitive behavioral Intervention)(🏆Self-Management)
🪜(Describe what techniques the student utilizes to cope and how the student identifies they need this throughout the day, in the school environment)
🔲Electronic device
🪜(Be specific how the electronic device supports the student in the school environment for instructional support, not entertainment)
🔲Flexible seating🪜
🔲Location for highly preferred activities/items to increase interest level (🏆Antecedent-based Intervention) (🏆Reinforcement)
🔲Magnification/Enlargement (🏆Visual Supports)
🪜(Be specific in how magnification/enlargement supports the student in the school environment/classroom)
⭕ACAP Alternate (Testing Support Form, as an Accommodation)
🔲Oral reader of classroom tasks/activities/assessments (meaning they read out loud to themselves)
🪜(Describe how this is accommodated for the student)
🔵ACAP Summative (Testing Support Form, as an Accessibility Support)
🔲Peers are available to interact with and/or help the student (🏆Peer-mediated instruction and intervention)
🪜(Explain how peers help the student acquire new behavior, communication, and social skills by increasing social and learning opportunities within natural environments.
🔲Picture Cards (🏆Visual Supports)(🏆Reinforcement)
🪜(Be specific in how picture cards are supporting the student in the school environment/classroom)
⭕ACAP Alternate (Testing Support Form, as an Accommodation)
🔲Positive self-talk support (🏆Cognitive behavioral Intervention)(🏆Self-Management)
🪜(Describe who the student is supported to use positive inner dialogue throughout the school environment/peer interactions)
🔲Prompting (🏆Prompting)(🏆Reinforcement)
🪜(Be specific in the type of prompting is used in promoting success in the school environment)
🔲Seated near materials🪜
🔲Seated away from materials🪜
🔲Seated near teacher/instructional leader🪜
🔲Seated away from teacher/instructional leader🪜
🔲Self-Monitoring (🏆Cognitive behavioral Intervention)(🏆Self-Management)
🪜(Describe what the student does to monitor their behavior and how they utilize specific strategies to help them)
🔲Sensory tools/considerations (🏆Self-Management)(🏆Reinforcement)
🪜(Be specific in what the tool provides the student support)(Refer to Sensory Resource)
🔲Social skills support(🏆Self-Management)
🪜(Be specific in what behaviors the social skills are targeting and how the support is being implemented in the school environment)
🔲Special lighting or acoustics (light filters, natural bulbs, etc.)🪜
🔲Visual boundaries (🏆Visual Supports)(🏆Reinforcement)
🪜Describe the visual boundary and how it supports the student, for example, carpet squares, furniture arrangements, masking tape, etc.)
🔲Visual Supports (🏆Visual Supports)(🏆Reinforcement)
🪜(Explain how the specific visual support(s) support the student in the school environment.
🔲Other ________________________________________________________________________________________
🪜(Describe how this accommodation/support helps the student in the school environment)
⭕ACAP Alternate (Submit a Special Request Form for this to be considered by ALSDE, then if approved fill out the Testing Support Form with this being an Accommodation)
🔵ACAP Summative (Submit a Special Request Form for this to be considered by ALSDE, then if approved fill out the Testing Support Form with this being an Accommodation)
🔲Advance notice of schedule changes (🏆Antecedent-based Intervention)
🪜(Explain how the advance notice of schedule changes supports the student)
🔲Advance notice of disruptions in routine🪜(🏆Antecedent-based Intervention)
🔲Assistive Technology
🪜(Describe how the AT helps the student with timing/schedule)
⭕ACAP Alternate (Fill out the Testing Support Form with this being an Accommodation)
🔲Breaks (🏆Self-Management)
🪜(Explain how breaks are utilized by the student (frequency, location, initiation versus scheduled, etc.)
⭕ACAP Alternate (Testing Support Form, as an Accessibility Support)
🔲Changing schedule to accommodate tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments to occur during optimal learning times for the student🪜
🔲Changing schedule to accommodate tasks/activities that are highly preferred by the student🪜 (🏆Antecedent-based Intervention)
🔲Choice-making in scheduling🪜(🏆Antecedent-based Intervention)
🔲Coping skills time provided in the schedule for the student. (🏆Cognitive behavioral Intervention) (🏆Self-Management)
🪜(Describe what techniques the student utilizes to cope and how the student identifies they need this throughout the day, in the school environment)
🔲Coordinated due dates for assignments of major projects/assignments across curricular areas🪜
🔲Electronic device
🪜(Be specific how the electronic device supports the student with timing and scheduling, not entertainment)
🔲Extended Time
🪜(Be specific on how much extended time and how this benefits the student instructional tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments)
🔵ACAP Summative (Testing Support Form, as an Accommodation)
🔲Goal-setting opportunities are provided for the student to promote focus toward tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments (🏆Cognitive behavioral Intervention)
🔲Highly preferred activities/items to increase independence in using time appropriately and initiative toward completion of tasks🪜 (🏆Antecedent-based Intervention)(🏆Reinforcement)
🔲Late work, reconsider giving a zero grade (which is almost impossible to recover from). Lowering by one letter grade (C instead of B) is a sufficient consequence.
🪜(Be specific on when this will be in place (subjects/classes) and how this benefits the student instructional tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments)
🔲Magnification/Enlargement (🏆Visual Supports)
🪜(Be specific in how magnification/enlargement supports the student with scheduling or timing)
⭕ACAP Alternate (Testing Support Form, as an Accommodation)
🔲Multiple days to complete tasks/activities due to increased processing time/response time by the student.
🪜(Explain how multiple days for tasks/activities has helped the student)
⭕ACAP Alternate (Testing Support Form, as an Accessibility Support)
🔵ACAP Summative (Testing Support Form, as an Accommodation)
🔲Multiple days to complete tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments due to initiation to begin/motivation to continue tasks/activities.
🪜(Explain how multiple days have helped the student with the initiation of tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments or helped them be more motivated to complete) (frequency, location, etc.)
⭕ACAP Alternate (Testing Support Form, as an Accessibility Support)
🔵ACAP Summative (Testing Support Form, as an Accommodation)
🔲Picture Cards (🏆Visual Supports)(🏆Reinforcement)
🪜(Be specific in how picture cards are supporting the student with timing and scheduling)
⭕ACAP Alternate (Testing Support Form, as an Accommodation)
🔲Planner/Calendar/Assignment Sheet Usage
🪜(Be specific in how the student benefits from having this offered to them and the details that need to be in place in the locations required by the student)
🔲Positive self-talk support- Encourage the student to use positive inner dialogue in connection with scheduling and timing(🏆Cognitive behavioral Intervention) (🏆Self-Management)
🔲Prompting (🏆Prompting)(🏆Reinforcement)
🪜(Be specific in the type of prompting is used in scheduling and timing to help the student be successful)
🔲Provide with warnings about the next activity 🪜(🏆Antecedent-based Intervention)
🔲Sensory tools/considerations (🏆Self-Management)(🏆Reinforcement)
🪜(Be specific in what the tool provides the student support)
🔲Sensory Stimuli access (🏆Self-Management)(🏆Reinforcement)
🔲Timers
🪜(Be specific in what style of timer and how the timer provides the student support)
🔲Token economy system/point systems(🏆Reinforcement)
🔲Use special lighting or acoustics (light filters, natural bulbs, etc.)🪜
🔲Visual Schedule🪜(🏆Visual Supports)(🏆Reinforcement)
🔲Visual Supports (🏆Visual Supports)(🏆Reinforcement)
🪜(Explain how the specific visual support(s) support the student with timing and scheduling, consider the interval of the schedule as well, daily, weekly, etc.)
🔲Other ________________________________________________________________________________________
🪜(Describe how this accommodation/support helps the student with scheduling or timing.
⭕ACAP Alternate (Submit a Special Request Form for this to be considered by ALSDE, then fill out the Testing Support Form with this being an Accommodation)
🔵ACAP Summative (Submit a Special Request Form for this to be considered by ALSDE, then fill out the Testing Support Form with this being an Accommodation)
🔲Abacus provided with tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments that require keeping track of numbers.🪜(🏆Visual Supports)
⭕ACAP Alternate (Testing Support Form, as an Accessibility Support)
🔵ACAP Summative (Testing Support Form, as an Accessibility Support)
🔲Abacus provided with tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments that require basic mathematical operations.🪜(🏆Visual Supports)
⭕ACAP Alternate (Testing Support Form, as an Accessibility Support)
🔵ACAP Summative (Testing Support Form, as an Accessibility Support)
🔲Alter the method in which instruction is provided🪜(🏆Antecedent-based Intervention)
🔲Assistive Technology
🪜(Describe how the AT helps the student in how tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments are presented)
⭕ACAP Alternate (Fill out the Testing Support Form with this being an Accommodation)
🔲Audio recordings of passages/books when presented with tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments related to the selection
🪜(Explain specifically what the student needs recorded and how it supports them in these tasks)
🔲Braille🪜
⭕ACAP Alternate (Fill out the Testing Support Form with this being an Accommodation) (Paper)
🔵ACAP Summative (Testing Support Form, as an Accommodation)(Paper)
🔲Break down skills into small components and teach small parts one by one🪜(🏆Discrete Trial )
🔲Break down skills into small components and add on a new skill after a skill has been mastered🪜(🏆Discrete Trial using Chaining)
🔲Break down long-term assignments (book reports, research projects) into a series of smaller steps
🪜(Explain the details as it relates to the students rate of learning and attention to tasks)
🔲Calculator
🪜(Explain how this tool helps the student when presented with tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments)
⭕ACAP Alternate (Testing Support Form, as an Accessibility Support)
🔲Clear beginning and end to tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments
🪜 (Be specific about the details and how this helps the student)
🔲Color contrast when presented with tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments
🪜 (Be specific about the details and how this helps the student)
🔲Directions simplified or given in chunks for tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments
🪜 (Be specific about the details and how this helps the student)
🔲Directions are given in writing, verbally, or repeated back by the student.
🪜 (Be specific about the details and how this helps the student)
🔲Directions (multiple) on one assignment are separated or highlighted when presented to the student
🔲Descriptive video when presented with videos for tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments
🪜 (Be specific about the details and how this helps the student)
🔲Electronic device
🪜(Be specific how the electronic device supports the student in how they are presented with tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments, not entertainment)
🔲Engagement supports (fidgets, toys, if/then boards, encouragement, snacks, etc.) are utilized when tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments are presented in the school environment.(🏆Reinforcement) (🏆Visual Supports)
🪜(Explain how the engagement support helps the student when presented with activities and tasks)
⭕ACAP Alternate (Testing Support Form, as an Accessibility Support)
🔲Establish the student's attention before tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments. (🏆Pivotal Response Training)
🔲Fewer items per page or line when presented with tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments 🪜(🏆Visual Supports)
🪜 (Be specific about the details and how this helps the student)
🔲Goal-setting opportunities (🏆Cognitive behavioral Intervention) (🏆Self-Management)(🏆Self-Management)
🪜(Describe the specific supports the student needs in helping them create and work toward goals in the educational setting)
🔲Highly preferred activities/items to increase interest level🪜 (🏆Antecedent-based Intervention)(🏆Reinforcement)
🔲Individual administration of tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments
🪜(Describe how this helps the student in how they are presented tasks/activities/assessments)
🔵ACAP Summative (Testing Support Form, as an Accessibility Support)
🔲Involve the student in the development of plans
🪜(Describe how this helps the student in how they are presented tasks/activities/assessments)
🔲Large print text for tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments🪜
🪜(Describe the benefits to the student and how this support is supported in the presentation of tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments).
🔵ACAP Summative (Testing Support Form, as an Accommodation)
🔲Lists/Checklists provided when presented with tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments (🏆Visual Supports)
🪜 (Be specific about the details and how this helps the student)
🔲Magnification/Enlargement used with tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments(🏆Visual Supports)
🪜(Be specific in how magnification/enlargement supports the student in the presentation of tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments)
⭕ACAP Alternate (Testing Support Form, as an Accommodation)
🔲Manipulatives are utilized when tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments are presented to the student. (🏆Visual Supports)
🪜(Explain how the manipulatives support the student's concrete understanding of the task/activity presented)
⭕ACAP Alternate (Testing Support Form, as an Accessibility Support)
🔲Modeling-The student is provided with an imitation of the desired result of the tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments🪜(🏆Modeling) (🏆Visual Supports)
🔲Oral Presentation: Human Reader of tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments
🪜(Describe how this is done for the student during instruction and how it benefits them)
🔵ACAP Summative (*Must get ALSDE approval first using the Human Reader Request Form, then the Testing Support Form, as an Accommodation
🔲Oral Presentation: Text-to-speech used when the student is presented with tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments
🪜(Describe how this is done for the student during instruction and how it benefits them)
🔵ACAP Summative ( Testing Support Form, as an Accommodation)
🔲Peers are available to interact with and/or help the student when tasks, activities, or assignments are presented. (🏆Peer-mediated instruction and intervention)
🪜 (Be specific about the details and how this helps the student)
🔲Picture Cards (🏆Visual Supports)(🏆Reinforcement)
🪜(Be specific in how picture cards are supporting the student in how they access the course of study/instruction)
⭕ACAP Alternate (Testing Support Form, as an Accommodation)
🔲Positive self-talk support🪜- Encourage the student to use positive inner dialogue with tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments (🏆Cognitive behavioral Intervention) (🏆Self-Management)
🔲Prompting (🏆Prompting)(🏆Reinforcement)
🪜(Be specific in the type of prompting used in presenting tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments to the student)
🔲Recordings of lessons🪜(🏆Reinforcement)
🔲Refreshable Braille🪜
🔵ACAP Summative (Testing Support Form, as an Accommodation)(1-1 Administration)
🔲Scratch paper is offered when math computations are required in tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments. (🏆Visual Supports)
🪜(Explain how the student uses the scratch paper and how this improves the ability to complete tasks/activities)
⭕ACAP Alternate (Testing Support Form, as an Accessibility Support)
🔲Screen reader when presented with tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments🪜
🔲Scribe
🪜(Describe how the student utilizes a scribe as tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments are presented to them)
🔵ACAP Summative (Testing Support Form, as an Accommodation)
🔲Sensory tools/considerations (🏆Self-Management)(🏆Reinforcement)
🪜(Be specific in what the tool provides the student support)
🔲Sign Language
🪜(Describe how sign language is used with the student when presented with tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments)
⭕ACAP Alternate (Testing Support Form, as an Accommodation) (Test Items Only)
🔵ACAP Summative (Testing Support Form, as an Accommodation) (Directions Only)
🔲Small group instruction of classroom tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments
🪜(Describe how this helps the student in how they are presented tasks/activities/assessments)
🔵ACAP Summative (Testing Support Form, as an Accessibility Support)
🔲Tactile graphics when presented with tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments🪜
🔲Tactile manipulatives when presented with tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments🪜
🔲Talking Calculator
🪜(Explain how this is used in the presentation of activities)
⭕ACAP Alternate (Testing Support Form, as an Accessibility Support)
🔲Text-to-Speech
🪜(Explain how this is used in the presentation of activities)
⭕ACAP Alternate (Testing Support Form, as an Accommodation)
🔵ACAP Alternate (Testing Support Form, as an Accommodation, requires approval)
🔲Thought trap support🪜- Help them recognize unhelpful thoughts in tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments that are presented to them (🏆Cognitive behavioral Intervention) (🏆Self-Management)
🔲Use brief and clear instructions when presenting tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments. (🏆Pivotal Response Training)
🔲Verbal instruction in a written format for tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments🪜(🏆Visual Supports)
🔲Visual Supports (🏆Visual Supports)(🏆Reinforcement)
🪜(Explain how visual supports help the student in the presentation of tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments)
🔲Written/Typed notes provided before instruction🪜(🏆Visual Supports)(🏆Reinforcement)
🔲Other ________________________________________________________________________________________
🪜(Describe how this accommodation/support helps the student in the presentation of tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments)
⭕ACAP Alternate (Submit a Special Request Form for this to be considered by ALSDE, then fill out the Testing Support Form with this being an Accommodation)
🔵ACAP Summative (Submit a Special Request Form for this to be considered by ALSDE, then fill out the Testing Support Form with this being an Accommodation)
🔲Abacus provided with tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments that require keeping track of numbers.🪜
⭕ACAP Alternate (Testing Support Form, as an Accessibility Support)
🔲Abacus provided with tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments that require basic mathematical operations.🪜
⭕ACAP Alternate (Testing Support Form, as an Accessibility Support)
🔲Assistive Technology
🪜(Explain how the AT helps the student show their knowledge or respond in the school environment)
⭕ACAP Alternate (Testing Support Form, as an Accommodation)
🔲Braille🪜
⭕ACAP Alternate (Fill out the Testing Support Form with this being an Accommodation) (Paper)
🔵ACAP Summative (Testing Support Form, as an Accommodation)(Paper)
🔲Calculator
🪜(Explain how this supports the student in their response to instructional tasks/activities)
⭕ACAP Alternate (Testing Support Form, as an Accessibility Support)
🔲Capture responses on an audio recorder🪜
🔲Choice-making in how tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments are completed, turned in, or demonstrating learned skill🪜(🏆Antecedent-based Intervention)
🔲Electronic device
🪜(Be specific how the electronic device supports the student in their response to instructional tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments, not entertainment)
🔲Engagement supports (fidgets, toys, if/then boards, encouragement, snacks, etc.) are utilized when tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments are presented in the school environment(🏆Reinforcement)
🪜(Explain how the engagement support helps the student respond to activities and tasks)
⭕ACAP Alternate (Testing Support Form, as an Accessibility Support)
🔲Dictate answers to a scribe who writes or types🪜
🔲Digital dictionary🪜
🔲Highly preferred activities/items to increase the behavior of the student responding to non-preferred tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments🪜 (🏆Antecedent-based Intervention)(🏆Reinforcement)
🔲Individual administration of classroom tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments
🪜(Describe how this helps the student in how they respond to tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments)
🔵ACAP Summative (Testing Support Form, as an Accessibility Support)
🔲Magnification/Enlargement (🏆Visual Supports)
🪜(Be specific in how magnification/enlargement supports the student in responding to tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments)
🔲Manipulatives are utilized when the student responds to a task/activity.
🪜(Explain how the manipulatives support the student in showing their learning and or their response to the tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments)
⭕ACAP Alternate (Testing Support Form, as an Accessibility Support)
🔲Outline of the lesson/lecture provided before instruction(🏆Visual Support)
🔲Peers are available to interact with and/or help the student when tasks, activities, or assignments are presented. (🏆Peer-mediated instruction and intervention)
🔲Picture Cards (Visual Support)
🪜(Be specific in how picture cards help the student in their response within tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments)
⭕ACAP Alternate (Testing Support Form, as an Accommodation)
🔲Positive self-talk support (🏆Cognitive behavioral Intervention) (Self-Management)
🪜(Explain how the student needs to be encouraged to use positive inner dialogue when responding to tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments
🔲Prompting (🏆Prompting)(🏆Reinforcement)
🪜(Be specific in the type of prompting used in promoting a response from the student)
🔲Recordings of lessons(🏆Reinforcement)
🪜(Explain how having specific tasks recorded helps the student in responding to tasks, activities, or assignments
🔲Scribe
🪜(Describe how the student utilizes a scribe as they are responding to tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments assigned to them)
🔵ACAP Summative (Testing Support Form, as an Accommodation)
🔲Self-Monitoring (🏆Cognitive behavioral Intervention) (🏆Self-Management)
🪜(Explain how the student benefits from support in monitoring their progress on tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments)
🔲Sensory tools/considerations (🏆Reinforcement)
🪜(Be specific in what the tool provides the student support)(Refer to Sensory Resource)
🔲Sign Language
🪜(Describe how sign language is used with the student when responding to tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments)
🔲Small group instruction of classroom tasks/activities/assessments
🪜(Describe how this helps the student in how they respond to tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments)
🔵ACAP Summative (Testing Support Form, as an Accessibility Support)
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🔲Speech to text when responding to tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments🪜
🔲Spelling dictionary 🪜
🔲Tactile graphics when responding to tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments🪜
🔲Tactile manipulatives when responding to tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments🪜
🔲Talking Calculator
🪜(Explain how this is used in the presentation of tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments)
⭕ACAP Alternate (Testing Support Form, as an Accessibility Support)
🔲Thought trap support🪜- Help the student recognize unhelpful thoughts in completing/delivering tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments (🏆Cognitive behavioral Intervention)
🔲Verbal instruction in a written format🪜(🏆Visual Supports)
🔲Visual Supports (🏆Visual Supports)(🏆Reinforcement)
🪜(Explain how visual supports help the student in their response to tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments)
🔲Written/Typed notes of the lesson/lecture provided before instruction🪜
🔲Other ________________________________________________________________________________________
🪜(Describe how this accommodation/support helps the student in response to tasks, activities, assignments, or assessments)
⭕ACAP Alternate (Submit a Special Request Form for this to be considered by ALSDE, then fill out the Testing Support Form with this being an Accommodation)
🔵ACAP Summative (Submit a Special Request Form for this to be considered by ALSDE, then fill out the Testing Support Form with this being an Accommodation)