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Learn how to help struggling middle & high school students through the implementation of Response To Intervention (RTI). This book provides advice for tailoring RTI to the realities of secondary settings, including compartmentalized instruction, highly demanding curriculum expectations, complex schedules and students who are approaching adulthood and have a significant voice in their own education program.
The tri-fold laminated reference guide Common Core Standards & English Language Arts: Strategies for Student Success (Grades 6-12) by Toby Karten presents an at-a-glance overview of the CCSS for English Language Arts (ELA) for students in grades 6-12. It is intended to help middle and high school teachers understand the organization and application of the standards for diverse students, including those with special needs.Topics covered in the guide include: * Challenges of the cross-disciplinary design of CCSS for ELA at the secondary level * College and career readiness (CCR) * CCR anchor standards for reading: literature (RL) and informational text (RI) * CCR anchor standards for writing (...
Dr. Kenneth Shore, family and educational psychologist presents an innovative plan to address bullying prevention across all constituencies who play a role in a school community. Through the use of the video and the accompanying manual, each stakeholder group learns critical information on what he/she can do to specifically address, reduce and eliminate bullying in our schools.
This six-page (trifold) laminated reference guide reviews key parts of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), focusing on where the law calls for the use of universal design for learning (UDL). It then provides guidance for teachers as they plan, instruct, and assess students under the framework of UDL. Features include: A review of UDL framework, including the Seven Guidelines of Universal Design; Provisions of ESSA related to UDL; 25 Classroom strategies for providing multiple means of representation; 25 Classroom strategies for providing multiple means of expression; 25 Classroom strategies for providing multiple means of engagement; Sample student planning template; 20+ online UDL tools and resources; Pre-planning checklist for teachers; Post-planning checklist.
This reference guide by Christine Ditrano provides both schoolwide, as well as classroom strategies for preventing disruptive behavior and enhancing a school’s organizational climate using Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports, or PBIS. The guide outlines topics such as: PBIS structure; PBIS team composition; PBIS team tasks; PBIS and RTI; Using a behavioral matrix; Lesson planning; Using data to make decisions; Function-based interventions; Developing a school-wide information system (SWIS). It includes specific strategies for preventing and responding to problem behaviors at tiers 1, 2 and 3, and managing minor problem behaviors in classroom and non-classroom settings.
Designed for educators who work with students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and/or other developmental disabilities, this reference guide provides a greater understanding of the preparatory role that visual performance skills play in the learning of mathematics. Practical instructional strategies required to build the foundational skills needed to master the common core state standards (CCSS) in Mathematics are presented.
Preschool and kindergarten classrooms are unique settings that differ from the elementary and high school classrooms students experience at a later age. They are designed to help children learn about learning. In pre-K and kindergarten classrooms, playing, moving, and creating are all integral parts of daily lessons. Teachers are charged with designing learning experiences that keep young students engaged, allow choice and freedom, and connect learners to one another. Meeting the needs of diverse students in today's early childhood classrooms requires careful and targeted differentiation of curriculum, instruction, learning objectives, and environment. This six-page laminated guide by Paula Kluth and Jaclyn Beljung provides recommendations for creating careful designed and thoughtfully orchestrated inclusive classroom environments for children in pre-K and kindergarten. It includes a variety of ideas and strategies for >Setting up the classroom >Designing instruction for students with different needs >Creating positive behavioral supports >Making learning active >Establishing productive collaborative relationships with families and colleagues
Newly revised and updated for 2012, Inclusion: A Service Not a Place guides educators in taking a whole school approach to inclusion that positions students as the centerpiece of educational decision making. Authors Dorothy Kerzner Lipsky and Alan Gardner reinforce the need for inclusion and explain what educators must do to ensure all students have full access to the entire general education curriculum. The book supports the implementation of inclusive practices by presenting the following:A definition and description of inclusive practice The relationship of inclusion to IDEA and NCLB Best practices, based upon experience and current research Roles and responsibilities of various school personnel, including administrators, related services providers, and clinicians Parental roles and responsibilities Exploration of interventions, with a major focus on RTI and PBIS Reproducible forms for structuring inclusive classrooms Additional resources for specific topics, including a listing of organizations, videos, web sites, and a glossary
Filled with strategies, and resources, this book uses the author's groundbreaking research about successful adults with learning disabilities, to promote self-advocacy. This work is brimming with useful and practical information. It is easily understood and embraced by students with learning disabilities, their parents, guidance counselors, and stakeholders in the fields of both higher and special education.
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