IEP Accommodations and Interventions Bank: Common, Evidence-Based Strategies.

Welcome to the IEP Interventions Bank from ADayInOurShoes. This resource was built with one purpose: to help you find actual, usable ideas that support struggling students. Whether you’re a parent trying to figure out what to ask for, or a teacher trying to better meet a student’s needs, it’s all here. This list does include accommodations and I am aware of the difference. Teachers told me that they liked the items together, as a way to complement each other.

This IEP Interventions Bank is full of specific ideas: things that can actually be put into action in a classroom, or written clearly into a plan. Academic supports, sensory tools, executive functioning strategies, behavior interventions, and more.

Whether you’re here after a rough IEP meeting, in prep mode for one, or just trying to figure out why a student is still struggling, this is your starting point. So dig in. Try stuff. Revisit often. The right supports are out there.

This resource is designed to complement the ADayInOurShoes IEP Goal Bank.

IEP and 504 Accommodations (Lists & Examples)

1. 500 IEP and 504 Accommodations List (Free PDF Download)
2. IEP and 504 Accommodations for Distance and Online Learning
3. IEP Accommodations for Transitions: 70 Ideas for School, Lunch, and Class Changes
4. Extended Time Accommodation Examples
5. 25 Homework Accommodations to Implement on a 504 or IEP

Executive Functions and Learning Supports

1. Executive Functioning Accommodations for an IEP or 504 Plan (PDF List)
2. Working Memory Accommodations: 40 Examples for a 504 or IEP
3. List of Time Management Accommodations in IEPs
4. 17 Work Completion Accommodations (Preferred and Non-Preferred Tasks)
5. Study Skills and Note-Taking: IEP and 504 Plan Accommodations and Strategies
6. Improve Focus and Attention: 10 Strategies for Students
7. Pomodoro Method Time: 10 Ways to Use It on an IEP
8. Task Avoidance Behavior: Replacement Behaviors, IEP Accommodations and More
9. 20 Executive Functioning Strategies to Add to Your IEP
10. 8 Study Skills Strategies to Include in an IEP
11. Note Taking Strategies for Students with IEPs: ADHD, Dyslexia, and Executive Functioning

Behavior and Emotional Supports

1. Preventing Behavior Crises at School: What to Add to Your Child’s IEP
2. 24 IEP Accommodations and Strategies for Self Regulation in the Classroom
3. 48 Accommodations for Depression, Trauma or PTSD to add to a 504 or IEP
4. 504 Accommodations for Anxiety: Printable List of Ideas to Add to an IEP or 504 Plan
5. School Refusal: IEP Goals and Interventions for School Avoidance

Social Skills and Communication

1. 15 Evidence-Based Social Skills Interventions That Actually Work in IEPs
2. 9 Perspective-Taking Activities for Kids: IEP-Friendly Tools That Work
3. How to Start a Conversation (When It Feels Impossible)
4. Teaching Pragmatics: How to Teach Pragmatic Language Skills

Reading, Writing and Academic Skills

1. 10 Research-Based Vocabulary Interventions for an IEP or RTI/MTSS
2. 20 Common Reading Intervention Programs for Schools (+how to get one on your IEP)
3. How to Teach Inference to Kids (Strategies & Accommodations)
4. How to Help Students with Dysgraphia
5. Structured Literacy: What It Is, Who Needs It, and Why It’s Still Controversial
6. Orton Gillingham Curriculum: Does It Exist?

Sensory and Processing Needs

1. Sensory Processing Disorder: 50 School Accommodations Ideas
2. Auditory Processing Disorder: 35 Practical Accommodations
3. Proprioceptive Seeking Behaviors: Practical Strategies to Support this Sensory Need

Disability-Specific Supports

1. 504 Accommodations for ADHD: Practical Examples for School Support
2. 45 IEP Accommodations for ADHD Impulsivity and Impulse Control
3. Cortical Visual Impairment + Your IEP: Access, Accommodations, and Progress
4. 30 Accommodations for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students
5. Common 504 Plan Accommodations for Epilepsy and Seizures
6. 25 Food Allergy Accommodations to Include in your 504 Plan
7. 504 Plan Accommodations for Juvenile Arthritis
8. How to Include Medical Needs in an IEP or 504 Plan
9. 30 IEP Strategies for PDA and Masking Behaviors

Life Skills and Independence

1. 3 Sample Student Toilet Protocols for an IEP (PDF)
2. How to Teach Self-Advocacy Skills: Strategies and Accommodations for an IEP
3. Community Based Instruction on your IEP

Instruction, Interventions and Teaching Methods

1. 25 SDI Examples for an IEP, by subject area
2. 50 Test Taking Strategies for Paper and Online Tests
3. Low Tech Assistive Technology: 100 Easy Solutions for Classrooms
4. Shortened School Days for Disabled Students: How and When to Implement this Accommodation
5. Supplemental Educational Services: What They Really Are in the IEP World
6. What is Differentiated Instruction?
7. What is Explicit Instruction? What does it Look Like on an IEP? (examples)
8. What is Specially Designed Instruction in Special Education?

And that’s a wrap, for now. I wanted to get this updated, sorted and all in one place. I will be gradually tweaking it, as well as updating each individual link on the lists.