To be an accommodation, the answer to the
following three questions must be yes.		 YES NO
1. Does the accommodation make use of at least
one of the following:
  • Support people
  • Print material
  • Technology
  • Environmental modification
    
2. Does it allow the individual to both
  • use her/his strengths to minimize the
    effect of the disability?
  • become independent in the use of the
    skill?
    
3. Does it allow the individual to be more
efficient and effective?		    

Learned Helplessness

For many individuals having a disability has created barriers to being successful at school. Often, they have learned that “if you don’t try, you can’t fail.” It is often the case that these learners use the same strategies even when they know these strategies don’t work for them. Some learners with learning disabilities give up easily – too easily. They feel it is your job to teach them, not theirs to learn. These learners need to be pushed (gently).