Significant Cognitive Disabilities

Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Instruction

Classroom Learning Tools to Assist Students with Down Syndrome

In this video, Ayo Jones reviews some learning tools that may assist students with Down syndrome in the classroom.

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

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

Data Collection: Interval Recording

Interval recording involves observing whether a behavior occurs or does not occur during specified time periods and is useful for high-rate behaviors that are difficult to count and/or do not have a clear beginning or end.

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Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Instruction

Building an Authentic Academic Response for Students with Complex Access Needs

Learn to work with students with no authentic academic response, creating PLAAFPs, goals and implementing best practices for academic growth.

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Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Inclusion

Guide to Implementation of Presuming and Constructing Competence

This guide highlights the many opportunities available for constructing students' competence through various aspects of their educational programs.

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Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Behavior, Instruction, ARD/IEP Supports, Inclusion

Rubric of Effective Practices for Students with Complex Access Needs

This rubric highlights best practices to facilitate learning for students with the most complex access needs.

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Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Assistive Technology, Instruction

Connecting Communication and Instruction for Students with Complex Access Needs

Course registration coming soon! Learning Objectives: Define communication and establish the importance of teaching communication skills. Demonstrate the relationship between communication and behavior. Review considerations in developing and acquiring communication systems. Investigate student

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Behavior, Instruction, Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Autism

Supports for Paraprofessionals

This resource collection equips paraprofessionals with essential knowledge, including job responsibilities, understanding disabilities, and strategies for instruction, communication, and behavior management, ensuring they can effectively support students' academic, social, and behavioral needs.