Special Needs & Inclusion

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Make the most of a co-teaching partnership. Check out the 6  “push-in” arrangements where both teachers have equal status and equal responsibility. Then follow 7 recommendations to make the relationship work successfully. | Cult of Pedagogy
Make Co-Teaching Work For You
Make the most of a co-teaching partnership. Check out the 6 “push-in” arrangements where both teachers have equal status and equal responsibility. Then follow 7 recommendations to make the relationship work successfully. | Cult of Pedagogy
When working with special needs students you have to start with empathy in order to differentiate for learning.
Teaching with empathy to drive differentiation - The Educators Room
When working with special needs students you have to start with empathy in order to differentiate for learning.
As a general education teacher, you might be unsure about your role in an IEP meeting. Learn the basics so that you can prepare. Physical Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Public Education, Special Education Teacher, Individualized Education Program, Behavior Plan, Response To Intervention, Cult Of Pedagogy, Iep Meetings
For teachers: What to expect in an IEP meeting
As a general education teacher, you might be unsure about your role in an IEP meeting. Learn the basics so that you can prepare.
What does it mean to embrace neurodiversity and help students find their hidden potential connected to their neurological diversity? How can we shift from a deficit mindset to one of empowerment and opportunity? Learning Environments, Co Teaching, Teaching Resources, Special Needs Resources, Individualized Education, College Algebra
Understanding Neurodiversity: An Empowered View of Learning Differences
What does it mean to embrace neurodiversity and help students find their hidden potential connected to their neurological diversity? How can we shift from a deficit mindset to one of empowerment and opportunity?
Special education is one of those areas where technology has proved to be of tremendous help. Teachers, parents, and therapists are drawing on all kinds of special education apps to provide customized support for the learning styles of students with special needs. Educational Apps, Educational Technology, Auditory Impairment, Dysgraphia, Behavior Disorder
Best Apps for Special Education - Educators Technology
Special education is one of those areas where technology has proved to be of tremendous help. Teachers, parents, and therapists are drawing on all kinds of special education apps to provide customized support for the learning styles of students with special needs.
Learn about the challenges of note-taking for kids who learn and think differently. Find out how assistive technology can help. Technology Tools, Assistive Technology, Dyslexia
How assistive technology can help kids with note-taking
Learn about the challenges of note-taking for kids who learn and think differently. Find out how assistive technology can help.
It seems like no matter how many strategies you implement, how much time you allow for brain breaks and meditation, how many fidgets you allow, how many times you email parents, how much you discuss in class meetings how to meet expectations, and how much energy you put into solutions … it’s never enough. - Truth For Teachers Student Teacher, Teachers, Class Meetings
Strategies for supporting dysregulated students
It seems like no matter how many strategies you implement, how much time you allow for brain breaks and meditation, how many fidgets you allow, how many times you email parents, how much you discuss in class meetings how to meet expectations, and how much energy you put into solutions … it’s never enough. - Truth For Teachers
Learn the traits that might indicate dyslexia in students and what you can do inside and outside the classroom to better support these students. | Cult of Pedagogy Dyslexia Activities, Dyslexia Strategies, Dyslexia Help, Dyslexia Teaching, Dyslexia Resources, Teaching Strategies, Teaching Reading, Reading Writing
How to Spot Dyslexia, and What to Do Next
Learn the traits that might indicate dyslexia in students and what you can do inside and outside the classroom to better support these students. | Cult of Pedagogy
Get step-by-step tips to help kids break down big projects into more manageable pieces. Save time and encourage kids to see an assignment through on their own. Kids Breaks, Resource Room, Instructional Strategies
6 steps for breaking down assignments
Get step-by-step tips to help kids break down big projects into more manageable pieces. Save time and encourage kids to see an assignment through on their own.
Help students find their strengths and build self-awareness through this hands-on activity. Download and print the worksheets. Plus, watch a quick demo to begin. Report Card Comments, Summative Assessment, Learning Differences, Iep Goals, High School Science
4 tips for writing report card comments for students with learning differences
Help students find their strengths and build self-awareness through this hands-on activity. Download and print the worksheets. Plus, watch a quick demo to begin.
Learn how to prevent student meltdowns before they happen. Plus, find out how to effectively — and calmly — handle them in the moment. Education Plan, Student Behavior, Physical Pain
How to Prevent Meltdowns in the Classroom | Understood
Learn how to prevent student meltdowns before they happen. Plus, find out how to effectively — and calmly — handle them in the moment.
Backward chaining is a way of differentiating instruction so a struggling student begins a task in a modified manner closer to the end, rather than starting it from the beginning, to give them a sense of completion. | Cult of Pedagogy Teaching Life, Teaching Writing, Differentiated Instruction, Special Needs Students
How to Use Backward Chaining to Differentiate Instruction
Backward chaining is a way of differentiating instruction so a struggling student begins a task in a modified manner closer to the end, rather than starting it from the beginning, to give them a sense of completion. | Cult of Pedagogy
Activities that draw upon the five senses—such as spending time outdoors—can be centering for students in special education. High School Special Education, High School Classroom, Positive Mood, Feeling Positive
Tapping Into the 5 Senses to Support Students With Disabilities
Activities that draw upon the five senses—such as spending time outdoors—can be centering for students in special education.
Assistive technology is a kind of accommodation that helps people with differences learn, communicate, and manage challenges. Learn more about a range of tools and supports. 504 Plan, Types Of Technology
Who pays for assistive technology? Parents or schools?
Assistive technology is a kind of accommodation that helps people with differences learn, communicate, and manage challenges. Learn more about a range of tools and supports.
Individualized Education Program (IEP) meetings are important. By participating more actively, teachers can develop relationships with the student and the parents that might not have happened otherwise. | Cult of Pedagogy Kids Education, Special Education
General Educators and IEP Meetings: Before, During, After
Individualized Education Program (IEP) meetings are important. By participating more actively, teachers can develop relationships with the student and the parents that might not have happened otherwise. | Cult of Pedagogy