UDL Application: Special Education

Special Education

Watch: Special Education: Click HERE (10 different videos included in link)

Read: This is an article from the AOTA on UDL in Occupational Therapy.

Read: This article, Universal Design for Learning: Speech-Language Pathologists and Their Teams Making the Common Core Curriculum Accessible is about how speech and language pathologists can make rigorous instruction accessible to all learners through the principles of UDL. This is peer-reviewed and a heavy read but the findings are awesome.

Read - PDF Resource: Special Education - This UDL and SDI crosswalk helps to clarify the differences between a universal design that includes scaffolds and accommodations and specifically designed instruction and modifications for students with disabilities.

Resources About Growth Mindset - How You Can Incorporate SEL into Your Small Group Time With Students

Watch: Message of Growth Mindset
Watch: This Is Why Will Smith Wants You to Fail Before You Succeed - Fail Forward
Read: The Neuroscience Behind Productive Struggle
Read: Productive Struggle is a Learner’s Sweet Spot
Read & Listen: Supporting Student Productive Struggle
Read: 8 Teaching Habits that Block Productive Struggle in Math
Read: How to Normalize Mistake Making and Struggle in Class

Learner Variability Navigator

Click Here to Explore the Learner Variability Navigator Tool

To watch a video tutorial for using this tool, click HERE. Please watch.

Explore this Learner Variability Navigator from Digital Promise that was developed with a grant by the Department of Education. You can search for teaching strategies based on different factors.