WAYS TO MODIFY ACTIVITIES AND GAMES

Equipment: size, shape, weight, sound, speed, color.

Environment: volume, number of kids to the size of the space, distractions,

light, amount of space.

Time: length of the activity, time of day.

Instruction: offer visual, verbal, and tactile cues, using many and different
demonstrations, altering yours or the students’ positioning, rules.

Organization: daily routine, grouping of students, transition between

activities

Visual Autism Intellectual Physical

Impairment disability Disability
Modifications -Equipment that -Visual -Verbal and -Amount of time
has sound (bell demonstrations visual cues an activity is
balls, beeping and images played
balls, etc) -Demonstrate
-Sensory everything -Distance or
-Use bright, equipment space of the
contrasting -Short & concise game, may need
colors or colors -Routines (yet clear) to make a
you know your instructions smaller space
student can see -Short & concise
(yellows and (yet clear) -One or two step -Size/weight of
reds) instructions instructions an object

-Peer guide if -Environment -Motivational -Rules or the

necessary with minimal equipment skill itself
distractions

-Demonstrations
and teaching of
social skills