Special Education
D79 is firmly committed to an excellent education for ALL of our students.
Students with IEPs are no exception. In fact, we are very proud that every one of our programs is focused on always improving outcomes for students with IEPs.
On our Reading, Writing and Discussion pages we offer strategies that can work for ALL students and have explicit strategies for students with IEPs there. This page is dedicated to additional instructional strategies that may benefit students with IEPs.
It is important to note that for compliance and many other resources for special education you should consult the DOE site dedicated to Special Education. You will need your DOE credentials to access that site.
Effective Overall Instructional Strategies for Students with IEPs
Provide Scaffolded Supports / Use Explicit Instruction
The terms "scaffold" and "explicit instruction" are often used in education but what do they mean and how do they apply to the classroom? These texts from High Leverage Practices in Special Education will give you the answers you need to help your students.
HLP15 Provide Scaffolded Supports.pdfHLP16 Use Explicit Instruction.pdfMath Strategies for Students with IEPs
Strategies and Interventions to Support Students with Mathematical Disabilities
This text from the Council for Learning Disabilities provides many concrete strategies for teaching math to students with disabilities.
Math_Disabilities_Support.pdfELA Strategies for Students with IEPs
Reading Comprehension for Students with Learning Abilities / Vocabulary Strategies for Students with Learning Disabilities
These two resources from the Council for Learning Disabilities will help you with both vocabulary and reading comprehension for students with disabilities.
Effective Vocabulary Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities.pdfPromoting Reading Comprehension for Students with Disabilities.pdfScience Strategies for Students with IEPs
The National Science Teacher Association - Teaching Science to Students with Learning Disabilities
This resource is a summary of strategies the NSTA recommends to support students with disabilities in science instruction. They also have a complete section of their website dedicated to the topic - NSTA Disabilities Resources.
NSTA Teaching Students with Disabilities.pdfRemote Learning Strategies for Students with IEPs
Explicit Instruction in a Remote Learning Environment
Explicit instruction is vital to all students with disabilities and that hold true in a remote learning environment. The video on the right, created by D79 Coach Betsy Raguse, walks you through ways to do this using the Screencastify tool.
Explicit Instruction in a Remote Learning Environment.mp4Making Digital Content Accessible for Students
In the video on the right D79 Coach Betsy Raguse walks you through how to use the Text-To Speech Chrome Extension to enable students to hear text read aloud.
Making Digital Content Accessible for Student with the Read Aloud Chrome Extension.mp4