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Collaborative Teaching trainings for Educators
Effective Instructional Trainings
- Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
- Differentiation that Makes a Difference
- Making an Impact on Student Learning
Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn.
- CAST
- Universal Design for Learning
- IDEA Parent Guide
- UDL in Pre-K Classrooms
- UDL & Assistive Technology
- National UDL Task Force
- Center for UDL at NCSU
CAST
The Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST) is a non-profit educational organization that uses technology to expand opportunities for all people, especially those with disabilities.Frequently Asked Questions about UDL – http://www.cast.org/research/faq/index.html
Universal Design for Learning
Universal Design of Instruction (UDI): Definition, Principles, Guidelines, and Examples
DO-IT (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology) at the University of Washington serves to increase the successful participation of individuals with disabilities in challenging academic programs and careers. This link takes you to a document that provides a definition, principles, guidelines, and examples of Universal Design for Instruction (UDI).
IDEA Parent Guide
UDL in Pre-K Classrooms
Universal Design for Learning in Prekindergarten (Pre-K) Classrooms
A TATS resource for UDL in the Pre-K classroom.
UDL & Assistive Technology
Universal Design for Learning and Assistive Technology
The Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill provides a number of UDL resources.
National UDL Task Force
National Universal Design for Learning Task Force
Comprised of more than 40 organizations, the National UDL Task Force advocates support for UDL in federal, state, and district education policy.
Center for UDL at NCSU
The Center for Universal Design at North Carolina State University
An initiative of the College of Design at North Carolina State University (NCSU) in Raleigh, NC, the Center conducts original research on usability, disseminates information on UD, and provides training and technical assistance to the public, businesses, students, educators, and government organizations. The Center’s work promotes Universal Design —the idea that all new environments and products, to the greatest extent possible, should be usable by everyone regardless of their age, ability, or circumstance.
UDL at a Glance
Differentiation that Makes a Difference
Making an Impact on Student Learning
Peer Supports for Inclusive Schools
Peers As Partners In Learning
What is Peers as Partners in Learning?
The Peers as Partners in Learning (PPL) program begins with students being approved to enroll in the Peers as Partners in Learning courses (High School course found on CPALMS #1400340 and Middle School course CPALMS #1400025.) This elective course is designed to provide peer supports for students with disabilities. Students with and without disabilities who are partners in the PPL course comprise the PPL program at their specific school.
The Peers as Partners in Learning program provides reciprocal
- academic,
- social, and
- interpersonal
benefits to students with and without disabilities, in an inclusive setting. Inclusion means that students with disabilities receive services and supports in general education classrooms and settings with their same age peers without disabilities.
FIN has developed the Peers as Partners in Learning Curriculum and Planning Guide to help schools, administrators and teacher teams launch a PPL program at their schools.
Click on the thumbnail to download Parts 1 & 2 of the PPL Guide. For the complete guide, please contact Erin Perman.
NOTE:
Any of these trainings can be provided through on-line modules (www.floridainclusionnetwork.com, under the “Products” tab), or through face to face trainings.
For more information regarding any of these trainings, please contact your Regional FIN Facilitator, Erin Perman @ Erin.Perman@stlucieschools.org or eperman@contactfin.com