Significant Cognitive Disabilities

Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Inclusion

Excerpts from the Experts

Our “Excerpts from the Experts” collection features content from experts in educating students with significant cognitive disabilities. Topics cover authentic inclusion, presuming competence, and strategies for teams supporting students with complex access needs.

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Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Instruction

November Monthly Instructional Guide for Students with Complex Access Needs

This month’s focus is on encouraging student communication. The content aligns with Quality Indicator V: Social Communication on the Rubric of Effective Practices for Students with Complex Access Needs and the Administrator Companion Document to the Rubric of Effective Practices for Students with

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Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Instruction

Setting Up Your Classroom: Evidence Based Practices for Students with Down Syndrome

In this video, Ayo Jones gives key ideas to make your students with Down syndome successful.

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Significant Cognitive Disabilities

April Monthly Instructional Guide for Students with Complex Access Needs

This month’s focus is on acknowledging progress. This is where you celebrate the results of all the hard work you have accomplished while implementing the best practices from the Rubric of Effective Practices for Students with Complex Access Needs and the Administrator Companion Document to the

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Significant Cognitive Disabilities

Comunicación con Profesores

En este video, Bianca Salinas habla de la importancia de la comunicación entre las familias y los maestros.

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ARD/IEP Supports, Behavior, Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Autism, Evaluation, Instruction

Data Collection: Duration Recording

Duration recording documents how long a student engages in a specified behavior. This type of data collection is appropriate for behaviors that have a distinct beginning and ending.

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Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Instruction

Creating a Class Schedule

In this video, Ayo Jones discusses creating schedules.

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ARD/IEP Supports, Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Evaluation

Student Input

This video shows how one educator gathered information from her students of different ability levels.

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Autism, Behavior, Instruction, Significant Cognitive Disabilities

Behavioral Momentum

Behavioral Momentum is an instructional strategy that helps students transition from easy tasks to more challenging tasks, building confidence and engagement by creating a pattern of success.

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Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Instruction, Behavior, Autism

Personal Communication Dictionary

This video shows how one educator uses a personal communication dictionary to document student-specific actions and their meanings.

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Significant Cognitive Disabilities

Excerpts from the Experts

November Monthly Instructional Guide for Students with Complex Access Needs

Setting Up Your Classroom: Evidence Based Practices for Students with Down Syndrome

April Monthly Instructional Guide for Students with Complex Access Needs

Comunicación con Profesores

Data Collection: Duration Recording

Creating a Class Schedule

Student Input

Behavioral Momentum

Personal Communication Dictionary

Texas Significant Cognitive Disabilities Contacts

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