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Skip Stahl, Director of Technical Assistance at the Center for Applied Special Technologies in Wakefield, Massachusetts, discusses how using instructional media with inbuilt flexibility can help in providing different students with appropriate instruction using the same tools. He describes a tool his organization made in cooperation with Google that helps teachers build accessible learning tools, and introduces other freely available tools that can help create an accessible learning environment. This resource is a 508 compliant presentation featuring searchable presentation captioning and video, navigation points, and synchronized, downloadable accompanying materials.

The classroom strategies presented in this program were selected from among those that have empirical evidence of effectiveness. The purpose of this condensed program is to describe student management programs that work effectively to prevent the future occurrence of antisocial behavior and resolve minor behavioral problems in the classroom. Emphasis is on teaching students how to behave rather than how not to behave, in order to develop a positive classroom environment conducive to learning. Currently there are four modules available:
• Module One: Establishing Classrooms for Student Achievement
◦ Module Two: Reinforcement and Total Classroom Management Strategies
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These two online modules introduce the theory, principles and application of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to teacher candidates and inservice teachers.  They provide higher education faculty with a multimedia, interactive online-learning environment that can be embedded in instructional methods courses.  The modules are designed to be flexible enough to be used as part of an online, hybrid, or face-to-face course.  The topics are: Module 1: Introduction to UDL, and Module 2: Applying the UDL Framework to Lesson Development.  (Located in Wakefield, Massachusetts, CAST is a nonprofit research and development organization.  Funding for module development was provided ...

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The English Language Learner KnowledgeBase is an online resource supporting education professionals in the administration and implementation of programs for English language learner (ELL) students.  It is divided into four components: (a) Resources for Program Administrators; (b) Resources for Teachers; (c) Resources for Parent Advocates, and (d) Resources for Educators of Migrant Students.  Each component is divided into several topical learning elements. (Located at the University of Oklahoma, the Mid-Continent Comprehensive Center is a regional technical assistance center funded by the U.S. Department of Educationâ?s Office of Elementary and Secondary Education.)

These modules were developed to enable district teams to meet their increasing professional development needs in a flexible as-needed manner. While the modules will not provide all the information that you need to implement Response to Intervention effectively, they will provide an awareness of each of the key components and materials to help staff understand how Response to Intervention is consistent with many instructional and leadership initiatives: Personal Literacy Plans, Secondary Reform, Special Education Eligibility, Professional Learning Communities. Two to three activities are built in to each module to encourage adult learning and interaction with topics. Follow-up resources and ...

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