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Strategy 12: Create a classroom community

Creating a classroom community goes beyond giving DLLs the support they need to feel like part of the classroom. Read More

How to work with families

Read this chapter excerpt for guidance with supporting families through the Prevent-Teach-Reinforce process, insight into universal parenting practices, and supports for designing individualized intervention for challenging behavior within the family context. Read More

Changing perspectives on intellectual and developmental disabilities

Read this chapter excerpt to discover three different perspectives on intellectual and developmental disabilities and how these have influenced supports for people with disabilities. Read More

Introduction to Blended Practices

Read the excerpt for an introduction to the structure and content of Blended Practices for Teaching Young Children in Inclusive Settings, Second Edition. Read More

Project DATA instructional programs: mealtime

Read the excerpt and see a DATA sample instructional program for mealtime. Read More

Curious, persistent, flexible, reflective, and collaborative teachers

This chapter examines teachers’ curious, persistent, flexible, reflective, and collaborative thinking and suggests concrete strategies for incorporating, extending, and modeling these higher order thinking skills in classrooms and other early learning environments. Read More

Vocabulary development

Read the excerpt to learn how vocabulary development strategies can be integrated into Tier 1 core reading and content area instruction and small-group Tier 2 and Tier 3 instruction. Read More

What is Teacher-Student Mediation?

In this excerpt from Restore the Respect: How to Mediate School Conflicts & Keep Students Learning, author and school psychologist Ondine Gross explains mediation and how it is beneficial to both educators and students alike. Read More

What’s so smart about S.M.A.R.T. goals?

Discover how to create learning goals that are S.M.A.R.T. (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Results-oriented, and Time-bound) in this excerpt from this practical, accessible guidebook on Universal Design for Learning. Read More

When a death occurs in a child’s life

This excerpt explains the most common ways in which a student may behave after the death of a loved one. For more information on how to support children suffering from a loss, consult The Grieving Student: A Teacher's Guide. Read More