Significant Cognitive Disabilities

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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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, Instruction

Fidelity Checklist and Reflection Tool: Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

This self-check will help you determine where your team is currently performing in regards to Universal Design for Learning for students with complex access needs.

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Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Instruction

Grading Rubric for Students with Complex Access Needs: Classroom Scenarios

These grading rubric scenarios demonstrate how to identify prerequisite skill access points to TEKS, provide instruction that integrates individual accommodations and modifications, pre-plan individual supports, and use task analysis to determine individual student mastery of an assignment or activity

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Significant Cognitive Disabilities, ARD/IEP Supports

IEP Quality and Rigor Rubric

This document guides the development of PLAAFP, goals/objectives, and progress monitoring methods of the individualized education program of students with significant cognitive disabilities.

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Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Instruction

Classroom Climate: Creating Independent Work Systems

In this video, Ayo Jones discusses how to create independent work systems when on a tight budget.

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Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Instruction

Monthly Instructional Guides for Students with Complex Access Needs

Our monthly instructional guides were designed to help special education teachers in self-contained classrooms navigate the school year. Serving students with a variety of complex access needs, these teachers require organization, creativity, and extensive knowledge of curriculum, instructional

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Significant Cognitive Disabilities, ARD/IEP Supports, Instruction, Assistive Technology, Behavior, Inclusion

Administrator Companion Document to the Rubric of Effective Practices for Students with Complex Access Needs

This document provides administrators with best practices to facilitate learning for students with the most complex access needs and the evidence that they should see if practices are implemented.

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Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Instruction

Setting an Agenda for Team Meetings

In this video, Ayo Jones discusses setting an agenda for team meetings.

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Significant Cognitive Disabilities

Teamwork and Transitions

Explore the key themes from Quality Indicator II: Effective Teams in the Rubric of Effective Practices for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities.

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Significant Cognitive Disabilities

Effective Support for Students with Autism: Course-Track Options for Paraprofessionals

Importance of Offering Choices to Students

Fidelity Checklist and Reflection Tool: Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

Grading Rubric for Students with Complex Access Needs: Classroom Scenarios

IEP Quality and Rigor Rubric

Classroom Climate: Creating Independent Work Systems

Monthly Instructional Guides for Students with Complex Access Needs

Administrator Companion Document to the Rubric of Effective Practices for Students with Complex Access Needs

Setting an Agenda for Team Meetings

Teamwork and Transitions

Texas Significant Cognitive Disabilities Contacts

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