Significant Cognitive Disabilities

In this video, an educator reviews the methods he uses to gather information from families.

This video shows how one educator plans the vocabulary, supports, and questions for her instruction and assessments so that students can respond with the vocabulary that they have available in their communication systems.

This video shows how one educator identifies student response modes and plans the vocabulary, supports, and questions for her instruction and assessments so that her students can respond with their preferred response modes.

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.

This video shows how one educator uses a personal communication dictionary to document student-specific actions and their meanings.

This video shows one educator sharing how she uses a trial-by-trial data collection form. This form is intended for use by teachers, paraprofessionals, and other service providers collecting data for student Individualized Education Program (IEP) goals and baseline data to determine a need for new/updated IEP goals or behavior intervention.

This guide offers course-track options for paraprofessionals who work with students with autism.

This video shows how different types of switches, combined with other technologies, allow students with complex needs and physical disabilities, with limited fine motor control, to engage more independently with the world around them.

In this video, one educator describes how switches work and how switch interfaces expand what a switch can control.

In this video, one educator discusses how slowing down and offering students the time they need doesn’t just support communication, but also supports building confidence, independence, and genuine engagement.