• Break assignments into segments of shorter tasks
  
• Use concrete examples of concepts before teaching the abstract
  
• Relate information to the student's experiential base
  
• Reduce the number of concepts presented at one time
  
• Provide an overview of the lesson before beginning
  
• Monitor the student's comprehension of language used during instruction
  
• Schedule frequent, short conferences with the student to check for comprehension
  
• Provide consistent review of any lesson before introducing new information
  
• Allow student to obtain and report information utilizing: cassette recorders, dictation, typewriters/computers, interviews, calculators, and fact sheets
  
• Highlight important concepts to be learned in text material
  
• Monitor the rate at which material is presented
  
• Give additional presentations by varying the methods using repetition, simpler explanations, more examples, and modeling
  
• Require verbal responses to indicate comprehension
  
• Give frequent reminders of homework assignments
  
• Provide clear, concise directions, and concrete examples for homework assignments
  
• Assign tasks at an appropriate reading level
  
• Allow for the oral administration of tests
  
• Check assignment sheet for accuracy
  
• Other

Reference:

Interventions for Prereferral taken from "Making Modifications in the Classroom: A Collection of Checklists," Arlington County Public Schools, Arlington, Virginia.