Glossary of Special Education Terms by Daisy Bush

Interventions

bushd4 — 2025-07-28 04:19:28 UTC

Interventions ensures the students ability to learn just a doctor proscribed treatment ensures a patient's health. This means that students are being given specific skill-building strategies that help them learn, acquire, increase, or improve the skills being taught.

Differentiation Instruction

bushd4 — 2025-07-28 04:19:54 UTC

Differentiation instruction is a tailored teaching approach. Just like tailoring a suit makes it fit a specific body perfectly, tailoring the teaching approach makes the instructions fit the different learning needs of a student while maintaining the learning standards.

Accommodations

bushd4 — 2025-07-28 04:20:13 UTC

Accommodations level the playing filled just like a stool help shorter students reach books on a high book shelf. This means that the student's learning environment is being changed to fit their needs without changing the curriculum and expectations.

Adaptation

bushd4 — 2025-07-28 04:20:31 UTC

Adaptations are the changes made to instructions, assessments, and testing that allows a student an equal opportunity demonstrate or achieve learning goals. It is a term that includes accommodations and modifications.

Modification

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Modifications change the game just like adding a tee for players to hit the ball from changes the game from baseball to T-ball. This means that the curriculum is being alter to reduce or lower the learning expectations.

Specially Designed Instruction (SDI)

bushd4 — 2025-07-28 04:21:32 UTC

Specially designed instruction (SDI) is instruction that is made for a specific student to help them meet the goals stated in their individual education plans (IEP). It teaches specific skills that a student requires to access the curriculum.