STUDENT ACCESS
Adaptations and interventions for students’ physical, sensory, or cognitive profiles may be needed for access to their educational program.
Cognitive & Executive Function
Cognition is how the brain processes information. It relates to learning, remembering, problem-solving, and making decisions. Executive functioning supports cognition and helps us manage time, pay attention, organize tasks, control impulses, and set goals.
Communication
Communication is understanding others and being able to express ourselves. Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) adds to a person’s own communication abilities.
Fine Motor
Participation in school routines requires coordination, strength, and motor planning. Daily living activities like personal hygiene, mealtimes, and dressing also rely on motor skills.
Physical
The student’s physical profile includes functions that relate to the body and movement. Physical challenges that might impact school activities include balance, coordination, spatial awareness, strength, and endurance. Safety, positioning, seating, and mobility are other areas to consider.
Sensory
Sensory access focuses on differences in hearing, vision, or related to deafblindness.
Social
Social-emotional behaviors refer to the way the student interacts with others and how they manage their own emotions in social situations. Specific skills under this category include: social engagement skills, cooperation, self-management, emotional resilience, self-regulation, and mental health.
