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Teacher Tuesday: Get Your Classroom Paperwork Organized!

If you’re drowning in so much paper that you haven’t glimpsed the top of your desk since 2004, we’ve got some helpful hints from organization expert Cindy Golden, author of The Special Educator’s Toolkit. Read More

IEP QuickTips: Reframing Weaknesses as Strengths and Needs

When you sit down with an IEP team to start the planning process, it can be tempting to start with what a student can’t do: She can’t read yet. Read More

Your first step toward a UDL-designed classroom: Change how you think about barriers (Guest post)

I have a guest post that co-teachers and UDL advocates will want to read and share. Read More

16 Literacy Supports for Students with Special Needs

We’re sharing some easy, ready-to-use tips for modifying reading and writing classwork for students with a wide range of disabilities and learning needs. They’ll help your students participate and make progress in four key areas of literacy. Read More

How to Prepare Students with Disabilities for College: A Timeline of Tips

More and more students with disabilities are heading off to college every year. We couldn’t be happier that student opportunities are expanding—and that more higher learning institutions are providing the supports all young adults need to succeed. Read More

10 Worst Modifications for Students with Disabilities (and 100+ Good Ones!)

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, and at worst, they can do more harm than good. Read More

10 Things Effective Educators Do (Infographic)

I want to share this neat infographic on 10 Things Effective Educators Do. Read More

7 Ways to Make Your Book Corner More Accessible (Early Childhood Inclusion Tips)

Here are seven common challenges to book corner accessibility, followed by easy tips you can use right now to solve them. Read More

Inclusion with a “Sparkle Effect”: Q&A with Linda Mullen

I’m thrilled to welcome the executive director of a terrific organization that helps make inclusive cheer squads and dance teams a reality in high schools across the country. Read More

10 Ways to Improve Inclusion at Lunch, Recess, and After School

I’m sharing 10 tips from books by seven of our expert authors. Try these in your school, and boost student inclusion and participation in activities that happen between and after their classes. Read More