Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Inclusion
Expectations for Team Participation
In this video, Cheryl Jorgensen reviews setting expectations for team participation.
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Significant Cognitive Disabilities
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, Inclusion, Instruction
UDL Lesson Plan Form Template
This sample UDL Lesson Plan Form can be used to encourage teachers to design lessons that meet the unique learning characteristics of their students. It allows teachers to individualize their lessons based on multiple means of engagement, representation, action/expression, and materials/resources
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Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Instruction
Instructional Strategies for Working with Students with Down Syndrome
In this video, Ayo Jones reviews some solid instructional strategies for working with students with Down syndrome.
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Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Instruction
Sample Grading Rubric for Students with Complex Access Needs
This rubric can be used to obtain a more specific and objective activity grade.
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Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Instruction
February Monthly Instructional Guide for Students with Complex Access Needs
This month’s focus is on administering state assessments. The content aligns with Quality Indicator I: Alignment with State Standards on the Rubric of Effective Practices for Students with Complex Access Needs and the Administrator Companion Document to the Rubric of Effective Practices for Students
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Significant Cognitive Disabilities, ARD/IEP Supports
PLAAFP Excerpt Document For a Student with Complex Access Needs
This document is an excerpt from a Present Levels of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance (PLAAFP) document for a student with a significant cognitive disability and complex access needs and is discussed in the course A Step Toward IEP Quality and Rigor for Students with Complex Access
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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
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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Autism, Behavior, Instruction, Significant Cognitive Disabilities
Request Using Device
In this video, we see a student use his communication device to request his chosen reinforcer once he has completed a task.
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