Special Education

Collaborative and productive IEP meetings lay the foundation for better student outcomes---but with so many complicated and emotionally charged decisions involved, the meeting room can feel like a minefield. Before…

Here at the Brookes Inclusion Lab, we bring you weekly suggestions on how to make classrooms and communities more inclusive and welcoming for learners with disabilities. Sometimes we share ideas…

At some point in your life, you've probably remembered an important fact with the help of mnemonics: memory-enhancing strategies that link a new word or concept to information you already…

When you're designing a curriculum based on universal design for learning (UDL), one key principle to follow is representing content in multiple ways. As UDL expert Whitney Rapp points out…

This past weekend marked the beginning of Autism Awareness Month. Since we at the Inclusion Lab believe our society must push beyond awareness and into acceptance and full inclusion of…

In past posts, we've talked about universal design for learning (UDL) as a highly effective framework for teaching all students. As author Whitney Rapp says in her book Universal Design…

When you hear the words "executive function," what types of skills come to mind first? If you're like many teachers, you might immediately think of a child's ability to organize,…

Paraprofessionals play a crucial part in the success of inclusive classrooms. They have a complex job with many different facets: helping teachers plan instruction, supporting positive behavior, maintaining strong communication…

Ideally, co-teaching partnerships start with a foundation of careful collaboration and joint planning long before the school year starts. But sometimes educators are caught off guard, drafted into a co-teaching…

Written expression is a huge part of life inside and outside the classroom. When students with disabilities learn to write, type, and/or select appropriate communicative responses, it opens the door…