We’ve heard that teachers will need to develop virtual learning activities! Our specialists have developed a list of resources that we hope can help you. Looking for leveled reading? Try these free resources for teachers: Epic! Newsela Are you using Tar Heel Reader? Need a tip for how to share selected books with your students? CreateRead More Virtual Learning for Students with Significant Disabilities
Prompts and Prompt Fading for Building Independence
Think of a skill someone recently taught you. Maybe you learned how to use a new online IEP system, learned how to use your new phone, learned how to ski, or learned how to sew. Did the person teaching you model some steps? Give you pictures or diagrams? Provide supplemental verbal hints? Point to thingsRead More Prompts and Prompt Fading for Building Independence
Literacy Literally
Have you ever wondered whether it is important to teach the underlying literacy vocabulary related to a new concept you are introducing to students? For example, is it important to fully define what a syllable is or for students to learn other literacy terms such as affix, fluency or punctuation? The answer is, yes! BeingRead More Literacy Literally
Goal Setting and the I’m Determined Youth Summit
If you are a public school educator, your time is extremely valuable. If you are teacher/case manager for students with intellectual disabilities, your free time is likely nonexistent as you have academics to teach, IEPs to write, parents to call, meetings to schedule, and personal needs to attend to. Let’s kill 2 birds with oneRead More Goal Setting and the I’m Determined Youth Summit
Focus on Assistive Technology: HLP19
Assistive Technology (AT) can help students participate in educational activities that they might not be able to otherwise. This could be due to physical limitations or learning differences. All educational staff can help students learn by supporting their use of AT when needed. IEP teams are tasked with considering the AT needs of their studentsRead More Focus on Assistive Technology: HLP19
Progress Monitoring Classroom PBIS
In our last newsletter we addressed monitoring PBIS implementation in your school. We provided two pulse checks to assess the fidelity of implementation of schoolwide PBIS: Administrator Pulse Check and Teaming Pulse Check. Read on to find specific tools to assess and progress monitor the fidelity of your use of classroom practices that should beRead More Progress Monitoring Classroom PBIS
Unpacking Standards to Get to the Heart of Instruction
Spotlight on High-Leverage Practice 12: Systemically Design Instruction Toward a Specific Learning Goal Systemically designing instruction, at its heart, focuses on choosing what to teach, when to teach it, and how to teach (Council for Exceptional Children, 2019). Three critical elements of systemically designing instruction are: Setting clear instructional goals Logical sequencing of knowledge andRead More Unpacking Standards to Get to the Heart of Instruction