Special Education

Families are the ones who know your students best---their strengths and needs, their likes and dislikes, their hopes and dreams. And the more effectively you work with and support the…

What's lesson one for teachers who want students to successfully grasp, retain, and apply new material? First---say Whitney Rapp and Katrina Arndt, authors of the inclusion book Teaching Everyone---you need…

You've got great universal behavior supports in place for your classroom---but every year, you'll have at least some students who need more. How can you determine when your universal supports…

How do you empower your students with disabilities to plan for the future? If you're a high school educator, one of your goals should be supporting your students' self-determination skills…

Sensory issues can create barriers to learning--but with a few well-chosen modifications to your classroom environment, you can meet your students' individual needs and help them stay focused on your…

[POST UPDATED on 2/23/22] In your inclusive classroom, how can you best address the academic and behavioral needs and challenges of learners on the autism spectrum? There's no formula or…

Happy Inclusive Schools Week! Whether you're a teacher, paraprofessional, principal, parent, or one of the many other education professionals who help inclusive schools thrive, we celebrate and honor you this…

When you're working with students who have IEPs, it's important to write specific and measurable IEP goals, collect good data, and keep the data organized. Today's post gives you some…

Here on the Inclusion Lab, we talk a lot about inclusion at the individual classroom level--but we also know that many schools and districts are struggling with higher-level challenges to…

When you reinforce self-esteem and resilience in your students, you equip them with critical skills they need to succeed socially and academically. In today's post, excerpted and adapted from Learning…