Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Instruction
Importance of Offering Choices to Students
In this video, Ayo Jones discusses the importance of offering choices to students.
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Significant Cognitive Disabilities
Inclusion, Significant Cognitive Disabilities
Inclusionary Coaching Guide For Students with Complex Access Needs
This resource offers guidance for leading a team towards inclusive education for students with significant cognitive disabilities and complex access needs.
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Significant Cognitive Disabilities
STAAR Alternate 2: Before, During, and After the Assessment
Prepare students for STAAR Alternate 2 assessment, administer it with fidelity, and use test results to inform future instruction.
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Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Inclusion
Authentic Social Relationships for Students with Complex Access Needs
In this video, Cheryl Jorgensen outlines how authentic and freely chosen social relationships differ from ones in which students without disabilities are compensated for spending time with students with significant cognitive disabilities.
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Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Inclusion, Instruction
Fidelity Checklist and Reflection Tool: Supports for Participation
This self-check will help you determine where your team is currently performing in regards to planning supports for student participation.
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Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Instruction
Task Analysis and Chaining
In this video, Ayo Jones elaborates on the concept of scaffolding by using task analysis to teach skills through forward or backward chaining.
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Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Inclusion, Instruction
UDL Lesson Plan Form Template
This sample UDL Lesson Plan Form can be used to encourage teachers to design lessons that meet the unique learning characteristics of their students. It allows teachers to individualize their lessons based on multiple means of engagement, representation, action/expression, and materials/resources
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Autism, Behavior, Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Instruction, Inclusion
Effective Support for Students with Autism: Course-Track Options for Paraprofessionals
This guide offers course-track options for paraprofessionals who work with students with autism.
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ARD/IEP Supports, Behavior, Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Autism, Evaluation, Instruction
Data Collection: A-B-C Recording
Antecedent-Behavior-Consequence (A-B-C) data collection serves to identify the antecedents (A) that set the stage for or trigger problem behavior (B) to occur and the consequences (C) that appear to maintain that behavior. Typically, this data is collected over multiple sessions and is used to identify patterns and functions of behavior.
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Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Autism, Instruction
Learned Helplessness
In this video, one educator defines learned helplessness and shares strategies for prevention.
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