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General
Education Curriculum/Instructional Modification
All students with disabilities,
including those who have been labeled with severe disabilities, can
benefit considerably from the learning opportunities that occur in general
education. This strand includes sessions on specific strategies for
ensuring access to general education curriculum for learners with diverse
needs.
Thursday, November 10, 2005
8:30 am - 9:30 am
Special Education Administrators of County Offices (SEACO) Curriculum
Guide for Students with Moderate to Severe Disabilities
Come
see how California is providing access to core curriculum standards for
students with moderate to severe disabilities.
Participants will learn about a tool to help them develop standards
based IEPs and provide them with a wealth of best practices resources.
Speakers: Angela A. McNeece, Karen McMillan
8:30 am - 10:45 am
Count Me In!
Strategies for Adapting General Education Curricula and Instruction
for Students with Severe Disabilities
This interactive, skill-building session will present diverse strategies
useful in the meaningful adaptation of general education curricula and
instruction for students with severe and multiple disabilities (S/MD).
Tactics for promoting the active participation of students with
S/MD who are served within mainstream classrooms and other integrated
school settings will be featured. Discussion,
interactive activities, and practical handouts will be used to provide
participants with information and resources that they may use in their
education of students with diverse disabilities.
Speaker: Jan Writer
9:45 am - 10:45 am
Differentiating Curriculum Content: The Missing Piece for Meaningful
Inclusion
Students
who experience the greatest learning challenges have been participating in
a variety of content areas such as related arts for 20 + years. But - our
students have taught us - we can do better!
How? By stretching our
expertise to differentiated curriculum content.
Speakers: Jessica Beasley, Jennifer Butterworth, Melissa A. Brown,
Jayne M. Stooksbury, Sheri L. Keel
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Meeting the instructional needs of all students: The application of
quality teaching practices in accessing General Education
There are a variety of instructional strategies that are frequently used
in teaching students with significant support needs, such as
differentiated instruction, scaffolding of prompts, errorless learning,
universal design principles, and others. This session focuses on ways to
share and incorporate such practices in general education with the goal of
increasing access to the general education curriculum in mind. Practice in
use of these strategies and examples of their use in general education
will be presented in this session.
Speakers: Margaret Moore, Karen McCaleb
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
It's Not Just Placement and Adaptations: Students with Severe
Disabilities Need to be Taught in General Education!
This
presentation will discuss the importance of directly teaching skills to
students learning adapted curriculum in general education K-12th grade
classrooms. Examples will be provided of direct instructional strategies
to support student learning. Videotaped clips will highlight information
provided.
Speakers: June Downing
3:15 pm - 5:30 pm
Examples of applying Universal Design for
Learning to instructing individuals with significant disabilities
This presentation will provide examples of how classrooms teachers have
applied a Universal Design for Learning model to planning and instruction
for individuals with significant disabilities.
The teacher participants will describe the utility of the Universal
Design for Learning
Speakers: Jennifer J. Coots, Kristin Stout, Kimberly Martin, Glenna
Stewart
3:15 pm - 4:15 pm
Developing a Distance Education Program for Teachers Seeking
Endorsements in Teaching Students with Severe Disabilities: Lessons
Learned
This presentation describes a multi-university consortium, headed by
the University of Florida, to deliver courses for teachers across the
State of
Florida
who are seeking an endorsement in severe disabilities. The presentation
will focus on processes used, the program organization, the barriers
experienced, and the successes achieved.
Speakers: Eric Landers, Diane Ryndak, Bruce M. Menchetti, Phyllis Jones
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Evaluating Promising Inclusive Program and Teaching Practices for
Students with Severe Disabilities Using the Program Quality Measurement
Tool (PQMT)
The Program Quality Measurement Tool employs multiple methods to (a)
evaluate the quality of educational services for students with severe
disabilities at the district, school, and classroom levels, and (b)
recommend areas for improvement. We will discuss the tool's development,
psychometric properties, and implementation in schools.
Speakers: Lisa Cushing, Nitasha M. Clark, Erik Carter
Friday, November 11, 2005
8:30 am - 9:30 am
Effects of the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) on Teachers' Ability
to Modify Instruction
Based
on research implemented at UNC-Charlotte, this presentation will discuss
basic principles of the Universal Design for Learning (UDL). The data
analysis of the results of an intervention using the UDL with special
education teachers taking college courses will be discussed.
Speakers: Fred Spooner, Diane Browder, Lynn Ahlgrim-Delzell, Joshua
Baker
8:30 am - 10:45 am
Research on Teaching Academics to Students with Severe Disabilities
Based on a comprehensive literature review, this presentation will
review interventions for teaching academics to students with severe
disabilities that have sufficient evidence to be recommended for practice.
Analysis of the interventions that meet criteria for evidence is included.
Recommendations for teaching reading and math will be provided.
Speakers: Diane Browder, Lynn Ahlgrim-Delzell
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Empowering General Education Teachers to Teach Students with IEPs via
an Introductory Special Education Class
This session is designed to share strategies for empowering general
education teachers to take ownership for all students in their classes,
including those with IEPs. It will provide information about activities
and assignments used in an introductory special education class.
Speakers: Joanne Eichinger
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Creating Effective and Inclusive High School Service Learning Programs
Critical elements of effective high school service learning programs
that include students with and without disabilities will be presented.
Methods for including students with disabilities and barriers to
using this form of pedagogy with diverse students will be discussed.
Speakers: Stacy Dymond, Adelle Renzaglia, Euljung Chun
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Together We're Better: Co-teaching, Rather than Consulting, to Meet the
Needs of All Students in Inclusive Settings
Two
special education teachers will discuss how they transformed their role in
inclusive settings from "specialists" and
"facilitators" to "teachers."
Get ready to meet the needs of students with moderate to severe
disabilities utilizing a co-teaching approach in which general and special
education teachers share responsibility for all students.
Speakers: Amy Hanreddy, Esther Ishaq
1:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Instructional Strategies for Students on the
Autism Spectrum: Demystifying the Mystery
A
wide range of instructional strategies have been suggested for children on
the autism spectrum. Often, the determination of just what is "the
best" strategy has led to much controversy and confusion among both
families and professionals. This
session will provide an overview of strategies and suggest key elements to
consider in determining quality instruction.
Speakers: Fredda Brown, Jacki L. Anderson, Linda Bambara, Daniel
Openden
2:45 pm - 5:00 pm
Beyond "ABC's" and Stop Signs:
Functional and Applied Academic Skills for Students with Severe
Disabilities
This
skill-building workshop details strategies for the selection and
instruction of functional and applied academic skills to students with
severe disabilities. Procedures
for assessing the academic skills relevant for individual students to
learn and strategies for subsequently teaching those skills in authentic
school and community settings will be addressed.
Tactics for building literacy and for adapting general education
curricula and instruction will be highlighted.
Discussion, interactive activities, and practical handouts will be
used to provide participants with focused training regarding academic
instruction of personal relevance to targeted students.
Speakers: Jan Writer
2:45 pm - 5:00 pm
Co-Teaching: Practical Strategies for Facilitating Student Learning
Discover
how co-teaching can assist educators to comply with NCLB and IDEA
requirements. Examine the four predominant co-teaching approaches and
planning forms and assessment instruments. Get answers to frequently asked
questions. Explore administrative actions that can promote co-teaching in
schools.
Speakers: Richard A. Villa, Jacqueline Thousand, Ann Nevin
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