ESS
Students with Disabilities
Differentiation
Differentiating content for all learners is best practice in order to meet students where they are at in the learning process. However, for ESS students it is critical in order to meet their needs.
Differentiation may occur through content, process, or product and may include student choice, multiple texts, personalized learning, multiple types of assessments, and teaching to multiple forms of intelligence.
Watch the quick video to help you understand how to differentiate your lesson plans and teaching methods in order to meet all of your learners needs and view the presentation GaDOE's Supporting Multiple Disabilities through Differentiation to gain more information about differentiating.
Video provided by Teachings in Education posted July 30th, 2017 to YouTube.
Behavior Modification
F.I.P
Using the PBIS World website, read and learn more about Functional Behavior Assessment and get behavior interventions to try with students needing it.
They could choose 3 to 5 components to read about and submit an FBA or forced choice inventory that they do with a student for the task
Autism Internet Modules
For professional learning related to individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) visit Autism Internet Modules.
Assistive Technology
Accessibilty Posters for Design (1).pdfDesigning Content for Accessibility
There are key components to keep in mind as you prepare lessons and activities for students with special needs. Font choices, visual images, accessibility, and selected plain language are just a few of the ways you can ensure you are making your content accessible by all students.
Keep in mind students who may have:
Autism Spectrum
Screen Readers
Low Vision
Dyslexia
Physical/Motor Disabilities
Deaf/Hard of Hearing
Anxiety
The poster to the left is provided by Home Office Digital and provided as a guide as you design lessons and activities.
Read & Write
The Read & Write extension from Text Help is provided by the Georgia Department of Education free of charge this school year for all ESS students. Teachers get the extension free always by completing the Teacher Form at Texthelp.com.
Learn how to use it with your students by watching the quick training video.
OpenDyslexic Font
The Open Dyslexic Font is available in the Chrome web store and is a powerful tool for students to assist with readability online. OpenDyslexic is an open sourced font that overrides all fonts on web pages and formats pages to be easily read. The font adds "gravity" to each letter so the brain can quickly figure out which part of the letter is down. Open-Dyslexic is free for everyone, so give it a try today!
Lexend Fonts
Google has released the Lexend Fonts, a new set of fonts for the G-Suite that helps with readability.
To find these fonts go to:
Font Choices
More Fonts
Search for Lexend
Select the ones you like
Click Ok
These fonts will now be available for you to use.
Chromebook Accessibility
Google Tools for Struggling Students
This presentation was provided by Eric Curts from The Midlands Summit Conference in Richland South Caroline June 2019 and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 3.0 United States license.
Additional Resources
Online supports for special needs ( $5 cost) https://gavirtualpd.catalog.instructure.com/
This pdf doc is the companion resource for the video entitled,Virtual Supports for Struggling Learners. In the video and accompanying document, the Content Integration Specialists review virtual supports for students in English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies.
See video: Virtual Supports for Struggling Learners (33:27)
Choice Boards
Choice boards are not just for virtual learners -here is a great guide from GaDOE with samples for SWD
Students with Cognitive Disabilities
Choice-Making webinar https://register.gotowebinar.com/recording/9081251768580761869
Assistive Technology
Videos to support assistive technology and other resources from GaDOE