Adaptive Lesson Plan and Clinical Experience Written Reflection 7H: adapts instructional strategies and assessment methods to the needs of individual students, allowing for students' learning styles, cultural backgrounds, and special needs. Description: I helped create and teach this lesson plan in a special education classroom. The lesson was designed for 1st grade students with cognitive impairments, and the focus was community. Rationale: This experience shows my ability to adapt my lessons and teaching strategies to students with a variety of needs and backgrounds. Community was a good theme for the lesson because most students are familiar with houses, parks, and trees. The materials we chose to use for this lesson were safe and easy for the students to use. Evidence: