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Teachinglearnerswithspecialneedsmeredithsimon 110114211157 Phpapp02
Teachinglearnerswithspecialneedsmeredithsimon 110114211157 Phpapp02
Section 504
Inclusion
Differentiated Instruction
Evidence-Based Practices
Diversity consideration
STANDARD-BASED EDUCATION
Teaching must be tied to state derived content and
performance standards in core subject areas.
Key Features
Performance-levels of achievement that need to be met
to demonstrate proficiency.
Standards- general statement of what students should
know and be able to do.
Benchmarks-specific statement of what a student
should be able to do.
Indicator-statement of knowledge or skills that students
have demonstrated to meet a benchmark.
STUDENT ACCOUNTABILITY
Occurs through student evaluation by high-stakes
standards-based testing.
Most students with disabilities are capable and will
take required assessments. Some may need
accommodations.
Students who do not take standard exams will be
given alternative assessments.
INCLUSION
Refers to a state of being or a condition. Inclusion
implies a sense of belonging and acceptance, and
deal with how educators respond to individual
differences through the way teaching is planned
and carried out.
RESPONSE TO INTERVENTION
RTI is three tiered instruction that gives levels of
intervention to help to meet student needs.
Tier 1- High Quality Core Instruction- occurs in
general classroom by instruction of a challenging
curriculum.
Tier 2-High Quality Targeted Supplemental
Instruction-targeted and focused intervention to
supplement core instruction-can occur in general
education classroom or pull-out setting
Tier 3-High Quality Intensive Instruction-specialized
interventions to meet significant disabilities.
UDL AND DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION
Universal Design for Differentiated
learning is the Instruction’s intention is
development of to maximize each
educational curricula students’ growth and
and materials that individual success by
include potent supports meeting each student
for access and learning where they are and
from the start, making assisting in the learning
them more useful than process.
traditional materials.
EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE AND DIVERSITY
CONSIDERATIONS
Evidence Based Diversity
Practice is the idea that Considerations
in order to be used, Diversity is more than
instructional practices just disability and
should have a research includes a wide range
proven base. of needs.
Teachers need to
develop a sensitivity to
the needs of a diverse
group of learners and
must acquire
knowledge and skills to
address their students’
needs.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST….
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