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12 Academic Supports to Help All Students Succeed October 9, 2025
If you’re reading the Brookes blog, you’re probably here for practical tips on helping all students—with and without disabilities—have a successful school year. Adapted from eight of our popular books,… Read more

10 Worst Modifications for Students with Disabilities (and 100+ Good Ideas!) July 29, 2025
Good modifications are a wonderful way to support your students with disabilities so they can experience everything the general curriculum has to offer. But bad modifications---at best, they don't help,… Read more

11 Strategies for Helping Your Students Develop Disability Pride July 1, 2025
Updated 7/1/2025 If you teach in an inclusive classroom, here's one critical way you can support your students with disabilities: by helping them strengthen their sense of disability pride and… Read more

12 Ways to Help Students Feel Safe, Calm, and Regulated at School February 6, 2025
As we navigate 2025 together, both teachers and students are feeling the impact of major change. How can you make your school and your classroom a safe, comfortable, and welcoming… Read more

Supporting Students on the Path to Disability Pride October 27, 2024
Updated 10/28/24 How can you best support students with non-visible disabilities---such as speech/language disorders, learning disabilities, and behavioral disorders---on their path to disability pride and empowerment? That's what we'll discuss… Read more

Author Q&A: Building Preverbal Communication & Engagement August 8, 2024
Today we’re excited to welcome the authors of an important guidebook for a wide range of early childhood professionals, including early interventionists, SLPs, occupational therapists, physical and therapists. Lesley B.… Read more

Teacher Tips: Your Quick Guide to Writing the BEST Goals for Student IEPs July 18, 2024
Today’s post has been adapted from the second edition of The IEP Checklist by Clarissa E. Rosas & Kathleen G. Winterman Although the concept of writing measurable IEP goals and objectives is… Read more

15 Indicators of Authentic Membership in an Inclusive Classroom May 16, 2024
What constitutes authentic membership in a classroom? As inclusion expert Cheryl Jorgensen says, it’s about much more than a student’s physical presence in the classroom: Read more

15 Tips for Supporting Students Who Use AAC May 9, 2024
All students need access to reliable methods of communication—not only to learn and participate in class, but to develop connections with their peers and express their thoughts, preferences, wants, and… Read more

Two Approaches to Teaching Core Content to Students with Significant Disabilities March 19, 2024
Today’s blog post has been excerpted and adapted from the second edition of Systematic Instruction for Students with Moderate and Severe Disabilities by Belva C. Collins. All learners, regardless of… Read more