5 Steps to College Accommodations: A Guide for Students with Learning Differences

“The first question parents usually ask is, ‘How do we transfer my child’s IEP or 504 Plan to college?’ Reality hits when I tell them that these plans do not transfer to college. Accommodations, however, are available for students with learning differences, but they are requested and implemented differently in college.”

exh9343

March 31, 2021 at 7:50 pm

Please be mindful of the terms accommodations and modifications. IMHO it is misleading in this article and should have been further qualified. In the school district where I work, it means something different than what was described. The “modification” described in the article re: 75% of test questions… would be considered an accommodation because it does NOT alter the grade level curriculum. Where I work, “modifications” are NOT standards based. Modifications involve simplifying work to the point where it is no longer at grade level. “Modifications” are for students on the alternate curriculum that are NOT on track towards a high school diploma. Students receiving “modifications” may have cognitive challenges such as intellectual disability, autism, downs syndrome, etc. They might be in a self-contained class or fully mainstreamed. (On a separate note… eligibility does not drive placement… students may have autism and/or an intellectual disability, but may perform well enough to warrant placement in a standards-based classroom such as a special day program for students with learning disabilities.)