Dyslexia Accommodations List (504 and IEP) (Free Printable)

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What is the Dyslexia Accommodations List (504 and IEP)?

School accommodations for a student with dyslexia usually focus on reduced reliance on decoding under time pressure, tools that separate reading fluency from what the student actually knows and support for writing output. This printable groups the most common options into five categories to circle and bring to your team as a starting point for discussion.

How to use this printable. These are accommodation options to discuss with your child's IEP or 504 team, not a list any school is required to adopt and not medical, legal or educational advice. The team decides what fits your child from the evaluation.

How to use it

Circle the items that sound like your child and add your own based on what you see with schoolwork and homework. Bring the sheet as a starting point for the team's conversation, since the specific mix of accommodations that helps varies by student and by grade level.

What is on the printable

Circle the ones that match your child and bring them to the team as a starting point, not a demand list.

Presentation

Text read aloud or provided in audio format
Reduced copying from the board, with notes provided instead
Instruction and materials aligned to a structured-literacy approach where the school offers one

Reading

Extended time for reading assignments
A reading guide or highlighter strip to help track lines of text
Content-area material at a manageable reading level while covering the same content as peers, where feasible

Writing

Extended time on written work
The option to type instead of handwrite
A scribe or speech-to-text tool for some assignments

Timing

Extended time on tests
Testing broken into smaller sessions across the day rather than one long block

Assistive Technology

Access to text-to-speech software
A spell-checker or word-prediction tool
Audiobooks paired with the print text for the same material

A student with dyslexia may qualify for a 504 plan when accommodations alone meet the need, or for an IEP when the evaluation shows a need for specialized reading instruction as well. The IEP vs 504 guide explains the difference and how specific learning disabilities like dyslexia are evaluated.

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The most common dyslexia accommodation options grouped by type, to circle and bring to the team.

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Questions parents ask

Is dyslexia automatically covered under IDEA?

Dyslexia falls under the specific learning disability category IDEA recognizes, but a diagnosis alone doesn't automatically create an IEP. The evaluation has to show the disability results in a need for specialized instruction. A student who needs accommodations but not specialized instruction may instead qualify for a 504 plan.

Should extended time replace reading instruction?

No. Extended time and other accommodations help a student access grade-level material and testing, but they don't teach reading skills. If your child needs to build decoding or fluency skills, that's the kind of need a specialized instruction goal in an IEP addresses; the reading IEP goals page covers what a measurable goal in that area looks like.

What if my child's school doesn't offer structured literacy instruction?

Ask the team what reading instruction approach the school uses and how it's suited to your child's specific needs based on the evaluation. This is a reasonable question to bring to the meeting rather than something to assume one way or the other.

Dyslexia sits under IDEA's specific learning disability category

Sources

What the facts on this page come from

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, 34 CFR Part 104 (regular or special education and related aids and services) www.ecfr.gov/current/title-34/subtitle-B/chapter-I/part-104
Section 504, 34 CFR 104.35 (evaluation and placement procedures, drawing from a variety of sources) www.ecfr.gov/current/title-34/subtitle-B/chapter-I/part-104/subpart-D/section-104.35

This page is general educational information for parents, not legal or educational advice. It does not tell any family what to do. Every example here is a starting point to discuss and adapt with your child's IEP or 504 team, which decides what fits your child from the evaluation. Confirm anything time-sensitive with your school or district. For a genuinely contested situation, a special education advocate or an attorney who works in your state is the right person to ask.