# Differentiation Adapter

Adapt a classroom task for specific learner needs while preserving the core learning...

- Repository: https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills (939 stars)
- Category: Engineering
- License: see repository
- Last updated: 2026-10-22
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill differentiation-adapter -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill differentiation-adapter -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill differentiation-adapter -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill differentiation-adapter -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add GarethManning/education-agent-skills`

## Description

Adapt a classroom task for specific learner needs while preserving the core learning objective intact. Use when differentiating for SEND, EAL, gifted, ADHD, dyslexia, or anxiety.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Differentiation Adapter

## What This Skill Does

Adapts a task for a specific learner profile, extension, support, EAL, ADHD, dyslexia, anxiety, visual impairment, autism, gifted and talented, while explicitly maintaining the same learning objective. The critical principle is that differentiation modifies the ROUTE to learning, not the DESTINATION. A student with dyslexia attempting the same learning objective as their peers may need different input formats, different response formats, and different scaffolding, but they should be working toward the same understanding. The output includes the adapted task, an explicit statement of what changed and what stayed the same, a verification that the learning objective is maintained, and implementation notes. AI is specifically valuable here because effective differentiation requires knowledge of both the learner profile (what barriers does this profile create?) and the task (which elements of this task create those barriers?), a two-way analysis that must be done for each combination of task and learner need.

## Evidence Foundation

The rest: https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/blob/HEAD/skills/curriculum-assessment/differentiation-adapter/SKILL.md