Significant Cognitive Disabilities

This video shows one educator explaining how she supports students who move in and out of her classroom.

This video shows one educator sharing how she uses the various features of a single-button mid-tech augmentative and alternative communication device with students in her classroom.

This video shows one educator sharing how she uses the strategy of recasting to model articulation, grammar, and vocabulary. Recasting is repeating what a student says with an expansion as a means of giving implicit and direct feedback. It promotes using complete and grammatically correct sentences

This video shows how one educator gathered information from her students of different ability levels.

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 one educator sharing how she uses an interval 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

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.