The strategies used for Student with Disabilities may vary according to their disability. Students with emotional or behavior disabilities may be taught differently than students with cognitive disabilities. While there may be some strategies that work well with all students with disabilities there are some that are unique for each disability. There are strategies that have been identified by research and teachers in Special Education use those strategies to assist students in achieving academic success. This site will direct you to articles/research that will assist you in identifying such strategies.
Understanding Universal Design Resource Type: Date: 2/1/2010 Author: National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
"According to the Access Center, universal design is ""an approach to designing environments and products so they can be used by the widest range of users without adaptation." You'll find a wide variety of products at the Access Center on this vital subject, including professional development modules, briefs, and presentations. Here is a list of links to resources that will help you gain familiarity with the concepts behind UDL and consider strategies for getting started with implementation in your school of classroom.
Intervention Techniques Resource Type: Date: 2/1/2010 Author: University of Virginia, Curry School of Education, Office of Special Education
Here is a catalog of article summaries on effective teaching techniques. Students studying special education at the University of Virginia Curry School of Education and East Tennessee State University College of Education have read and summarized scores of research articles about teaching techniques for exceptional learners. To be included in this data base, the articles had to describe research-validated methods for teaching specific skills to individuals with disabilities. We suggest that you browse the topics of interest to you and follow up your own research by acquiring articles of interest in their full-length versions. You can find articles at libraries or through web sites like UnCover that should be able to send most of the articles contained in this database (for a fee).
NICHCY receives many calls and emails each year from people looking for materials on disability awareness. People need these materials for many different reasons, from classroom instructional units, to Girl Scout information fairs, to school reports. This resource page provides just a sample of selected materials available from different organizations.
The children in Head Start are overwhelmingly poor and minority. They are at high risk of starting school far behind their more advantaged peers, and falling further behind over time. They tune-out and drop-out at alarming rates. In a world in which nearly everything we value, from a long lifespan to financial wealth to family stability, is associated with educational attainment, these children’s lives are in danger. They desperately need a good education. Further, the nation needs for them to succeed in school if it is to achieve its goal of social equity and if it is to complete internationally in a knowledge-based economy. Preschool is where it has to start.
United Cerebral Palsy is a leading source of information on cerebral palsy and is a pivotal advocate for the rights of persons with any disability. As one of the largest health charities in America, the UCP mission is to advance the independence, productivity and full citizenship of people with disabilities through an affiliate network.
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