Children with disabilities Archives - Brookes Publishing Co.
How to Use Task Analysis to Plan Effective Lessons and Evaluate Progress
Task analysis is a flexible tool for understanding how to teach a task—and it can also be used to assess whether students are learning and to identify obstacles to progress. Learn the why and how of task analysis in this must-see coffee chat! Presented by Jennifer Mahdavi, author of the practical new guidebook A Teacher’s Guide to Progress Monitoring, this chat will show you how to use task analysis to plan effective lessons for your students and evaluate their progress. Read More
A Teacher’s Guide to Progress Monitoring: Track Goals to Refine Instruction for All Students Excerpt
Read this excerpt from A Teacher’s Guide to Progress Monitoring: Track Goals to Refine Instruction for All Students to get a preview of Chapter One. Read More
12 Ways to Support Families of Students with Disabilities
It’s important to form powerful partnerships with all families, but this blog post focuses on building a supportive relationship with families of children with disabilities. Read More
12 ways to support siblings of children with disabilities
Siblings are critical, lifelong sources of support for people with disabilities—they’re usually in the lives of their brothers and sisters much longer than anyone else. Read More
Preschool inclusion and RTI for children with disabilities
Integrating preschool inclusion and RTI principles in early childhood programs is sorely needed in the age of accountability. Read More
Introduction to the Inclusive Classroom Profile (ICP)
The Inclusive Classroom Profile (ICP), authored by Dr. Elena Soukakou, is a structured observation rating scale designed to assess the quality of classroom practices that support the developmental needs of children 2½ – 5 years of age with disabilities in early childhood settings. Read More
Strategies to support language arts and emerging literacy skills
In this excerpt, learn how to ensure that your child enters kindergarten with the prerequisite literacy skills necessary to learn how to read. Read More