Significant Cognitive Disabilities
ARD/IEP Supports, Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Instruction
Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) and Instruction
Explore the key themes from Quality Indicator I: Alignment with State Standards in the Rubric of Effective Practices for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities.
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Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Instruction, Assistive Technology
Vertical Alignment
In this video, an educator reviews how she uses the TEKS Vertical Alignment documents.
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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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ARD/IEP Supports, Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Autism, Behavior, Evaluation, Instruction
Data Collection: Trial by Trial Recording
Trial-by-trial data collection is used often for academic tasks. Record data for each opportunity, or trial, the student is given. The data may be reported in trials or in percentages, depending on how the goal is written.
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Significant Cognitive Disabilities
September Monthly Instructional Guide Checklist
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.
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ARD/IEP Supports, Behavior, Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Autism, Evaluation, Instruction
Data Collection: Duration Recording
Duration recording documents how long a student engages in a specified behavior. This type of data collection is appropriate for behaviors that have a distinct beginning and ending.
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Data Collection: Frequency Recording
This data collection 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. Frequency recording is a way to
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Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Instruction
Sample Data Collection Tool for Students with Complex Access Needs
This data collection tool can be used to document classroom assignments and how they relate to IEP or essence statements, the level of independence in which the student completed the assignment, their level of mastery, and any revisions made to the assignment. This document aligns with the Rubric of
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