Significant Cognitive Disabilities

This video shows how one educator adapts age-appropriate books and texts in ways that match her students’ unique strengths and abilities to increase interest and engagement, support vocabulary development, and strengthen understanding of concepts and experiences.

Texas SPED Support’s Monthly Instructional Guides help special education teachers in self-contained classrooms navigate the school year. Each month contains relevant content and resources.

Self-management skills empower students to monitor their progress and make meaningful improvements in their work.

This video shows how Mr. Broden, a middle school special education teacher, uses the Sample Grading Rubric for Students with Complex Access Needs and demonstrates how to: identify prerequisite skill access points to TEKS provide instruction that integrates individual accommodations and modifications

In this video, one educator discusses how selecting assistive technology for writing should focus on identifying a student's barriers and choosing tools that help them concentrate on expressing their ideas.