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Improving Access to Elementary School Social Studies Instruction
Content type: Journal Article
Social studies instruction in upper elementary school (Grades 3-5) is important for building foundational content knowledge to equip students for the secondary school curriculum. Due to numerous school initiatives and demands on the time of teachers...
Making Inclusion Work With Co-Teaching
Content type: Journal Article
Co-teaching is considered essential to the process of including students with special needs into the general education classroom. Fortunately, most general education teachers are positively disposed toward co-teaching and inclusion. However, observed...
Impact of Enhanced Anchored Instruction in Inclusive Math Classrooms
Content type: Journal Article
The Common Core State Standards for Mathematics will place more pressure on special education and math teachers to raise the skill levels of all students, especially those with disabilities in math (MD). The purpose of this study was to assess the effects...
Reading Comprehension and Co-Teaching Practices in Middle School English Language Arts Classrooms
Content type: Journal Article
This study reports practices implemented in over 2,000 minutes by 16 middle school special education and general education co-teaching pairs in English language arts classes. We report the extent to which teachers integrated literacy activities that...
Specially Designed Instruction in Secondary Co-Taught Mathematics Courses
Content type: Journal Article
Co-teaching is a special education service delivery model in which a general educator and special educator work together to plan and teach a class comprising students with and without disabilities. The co-teaching model has increased in popularity and is...
Reconceptualizing Instruction for Writing in Science Using the WiS Co-Planning Tool
Content type: Journal Article
The WiS Co-Planning Tool is a research-based tool to help special educators and their science educator colleagues plan writing instruction in a way that offers solutions to barriers of including writing instruction in science class. The Tool is aligned to...
Co-Teaching Family Engagement Letter & 3 Surveys
Content type: Teacher Resource
The purpose of this resource is to enhance parent engagement in a co-taught classroom. The parent letter and three surveys included in this resource are devised to assist a set of team teachers in building trust and gaining parent/caregiver support in student success in a co-taught class. This resource is informed by current research in family engagement, communication, and the High-Leverage Practices.
Step-by-step planner: Video Self-Modeling with TikTok
Content type: Teacher Resource
This resource provides a step-by-step guide for teachers and students to use TikTok as a tool to develop a targeted skill or behavior through the practice of video self-modeling.
Technology tools for Students with Learning Disabilities
Content type: Teacher Resource
This resource contains a list of accommodations that correspond to the accommodations and foundational technology that may meet the needs of the accommodations. These digital tools are available in web browsers without the need to be downloaded, and can be accessed both at home and at work. The digital tools are free and inexpensive.
How to Establish a Language-Rich Environment Through a Collaborative SLP–Teacher Partnership
Content type: Journal Article
Students’ language skills are a foundational component to their overall success, indicating the importance of rich language environments in classrooms. It is critical for teachers to understand how to create an environment aimed at maximizing language as...