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5: Developing Adaptations to Promote Participation in Inclusive Environments

Study Questions
- What are the six basic steps in Baumgartners process of developing individualized adaptations?
- What student learning, instructional, physical/sensory/motor, motivation, and environmental factors must be considered when identifying and developing adaptations?
- What are the three basic intervention options?
- Why is it important to consider a students performance in varied settings (home, school, community)?
- What important step do professionals skilled at developing adaptations take once student assessment is complete?
- What are some considerations when selecting instructional priorities?
- What are the four basic types of instructional adaptations? What are examples of each?
- What are some examples of adaptive materials and devices?
- What criteria should be evaluated to determining the effectiveness of adaptive devices?
- What are some examples of vocational adaptations?
- What factors should be carefully considered before determining which adaptations individual students should be use?
- What are some of the pitfalls of creating or using adaptions? What precautions can be taken to avoid these pitfalls?
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