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In this one-of-a-kind book, artist and teacher Liz Byron demonstrates how to design lessons and instruction in the visual arts using the inclusive principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL). Art for All: Planning for Variability in the Visual Arts Classroom offers teachers classroom-ready advice on how to transform their practice in sustainable ways with UDL. Readers learn to set meaningful goals, measure progress, customize instruction, and engage all learners across grades. They also discover ways to help all students appreciate and embrace themselves as artists. "Liz Byron's reflections on the use of UDL along with her keen observation of how students learn provide useful insights into the process of designing rich, engaging arts-learning experiences for diverse learners!" -DON GLASS, The Kennedy Center, Washington, DC"Liz is at her best when she shares, often with humor, her own misgivings and classroom trials and errors. This highly readable, useful book is filled with lots of takeaways and good advice for teachers about how to implement UDL practices." - LINDA F. NATHAN, Executive Director of the Center for Artistry and Scholarship, and faculty member, Harvard Graduate School of Education

This is an accessible introduction to Universal Design for Learning's scientific foundations and the many ways UDL can help shape inclusive learning design.

Writing is an invaluable academic skill, but, as writing expert Randy Laist points out, "it is also much more than that. It is a tool for thinking, a means of personal expression, and a vehicle of self-discovery." Composition instructors have long been challenged to fi nd effective ways of engaging and empowering student writers. In the age of Artificial Intelligence (AI), this challenge has become even more complicated, with too many students-and too many people in general-feeling shut out of writing.In Rethinking Writing Instruction in the Age of AI, Laist offers composition instructors practical ways to address AI panic as well as insight into how to embrace it as an opportunity to strengthen writing and critical thinking skills. Further, Laist shows how Universal Design for Learning provides a framework that can help unpack the writing process and support instruction. This book offers numerous hands-on writing activities that are not only engaging but also "AI proof."

In Designing for Inclusion, Robin Cunconan-Lahr and Barb Gentille Green offer Individualized Education Programs (IEP) team members-including educators, school administrators, caregivers and families, and students themselves-a set of resources to design the best IEPs possible.They empower team members by providing essential background knowledge of the landmark special education laws that have established students' civil rights to a free and appropriate public education, which includes access to the general education curriculum. They then show how team members can leverage the research-based framework of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to ensure that every student with disabilities has a full and valued presence and participation in inclusive learning communities.In a "Gathering Room" at the end of each chapter, the authors offer guiding questions and places to write so that team members can collect their thoughts, promote collaboration, and reimagine what inclusion truly means.

Veteran educator and author Elizabeth Stein offers a thoughtful, useful book on how to integrate restorative practices into the classroom experience to both streamline student behavior and improve learning and engagement. ¿¿When teachers recognize the "in between spaces" during the day-to-day, they offer students safe, inviting ways to own their learning and participate in an engaged community of learners. By highlighting the Universal Design for Learning framework, Stein's book is both insightful and practical, offering busy educators easy-to-implement strategies to humanize classroom management and improve student learning.

In this latest addition to Katie Novak's UDL Now! series, Novak has teamed up with literacy experts Ryan Hinkle, Brianne Parker, Jina Poirier, and Anne Wolff to offer educators an insightful, practical resource that shows how to integrate Universal Design for Learning in the ELA classroom to build rich, collaborative, engaging literacy environments.By focusing on the established domains of literacy, including reading, writing, speaking, listening, and language and vocabulary development, this book shows K-12 teachers how to engage students of diverse needs and backgrounds and explore the connections between social emotional learning, character education, and deeper understanding of literacy.Educators will learn how ELA classrooms provide a unique opportunity to explore the human experience through literature, writing, and communication and discover strategies for selecting texts that appeal to all learners; developing inclusive writing prompts; and offering authentic assessment opportunities. The practices can be used in classrooms preK-12, in college and careers, and in professional learning.Katie Novak, EdD, is an internationally renowned educational consultant, adjunct instructor at the University of Pennsylvania, best-selling author, and founder of Novak Educational Consulting. Ryan Hinkle, MA, Brianne Parker, MEd, Jina Poirier, MEd, and Anne Wolff, MEd, are educators in the Orange County Department of Education in California.

Delivering Inclusive and Impactful Instruction is a comprehensive and easy to understand introduction to implementing Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in the physical or virtual classroom. Focusing on the application of practical strategies, techniques and methods, the book aims to be the definitive teacher education text for higher education professionals new to teaching in higher education, and new to UDL. This book will also support enhancements in the practice of the most experienced and seasoned teaching staff when it comes to implementing UDL instructional design.Based on an approach to instructional design utilized at De Montfort University , Delivering Inclusive and Impactful Instruction provides the pedagogic blueprint detailing how a large and exceptionally diverse UK higher education institution successfully adopted UDL as its approach to learning, teaching, and assessment. Kevin L. Merry shows how educators can respond to increasing levels of learner diversity - a means of creating highly differentiated, customizable learning experiences that reflect the needs and preferences of diverse learners. Critical topics addressed include goal-oriented learning, learning activities, assessment, feedback, planning teaching and opportunities and outlets for reflection and development.This book will be of particular interest to higher education professionals, including teaching staff, course leaders, learning technologists, educational developers, curriculum design specialists, quality assurance and enhancement specialists, senior academic leaders and managers, or anyone with an interest in higher education instructional design.

Katie Novak, una voz internacional líder en el Diseño Universal para el Aprendizaje (DUA), brinda conocimientos prácticos y estrategias inteligentes para ayudar a los educadores a tener éxito en la enseñanza de todos los estudiantes en el mundo pospandémico.Esta poderosa guía cubre temas actuales que incluyen:Aplicación del DUA en las aulas y en todos los sistemas escolaresPreocupaciones de equidad en contextos sociales, raciales, culturales y de discapacidadImportancia de reclutar e involucrar a los estudiantes como socios del DUAPapel de la elección y la voz de los estudiantes y cómo aumentarloDefi nición de lo que realmente signifi ca la experiencia de aprendizajePreparación para evaluaciones estandarizadas al estilo DUANovak presenta ejemplos a lo largo del libro para que el contenido sea elevante y digerible. Ella concluye cada capítulo con preguntas de refl exión para ayudar a los maestros a aplicar conceptos clave a su trabajo.

"So much of what middle grade students need to do each day depends on their executive function, or the ability to self-monitor and carry out the steps of a plan effectively," writes Susanne Croasdaile in her first book, Building Executive Function and Motivation in the Middle Grades: A Universal Design for Learning Approach. Using real-life examples, Croasdaile shows educators how to integrate Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to transform the learning experience for their students. She provides a roadmap for anyone who seeks practical, research-based strategies to help their students survive and thrive to become expert learners in the middle grades.In an easy-to-follow, 8-step process, Croasdaile offers numerous strategies that will enhance instruction and support student social and emotional competency. By highlighting practices related to students' executive function and sustained effort, this book is a useful addition to the toolkit of every classroom teacher, coach, and administrator.

Elevating Co-teaching with Universal Design for Learning is the silver winner of the 2024 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award in Education!In this revised and expanded edition, Elizabeth Stein delivers a new structure, additional strategies, updated research, and fine-tuned language to show how best to apply the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles and guidelines to co-teaching.Co-teaching-the practice of having special education and regular education teachers work together in inclusive classrooms-is a powerful way to ensure that all students have equal access to academic content. The inclusive framework of UDL offers co-teachers structure and guidance in pursuing their goal to create successful learning environments for all students.How does UDL inform the lesson-planning process? What does UDL look like in the classroom? How do you get buy-in for the UDL approach from administrators, parents, and students themselves? These and other questions are answered in this must-have book for anyone interested in co-teaching.

Upskill, Reskill,Thrive: Optimizing Learning and Development in the Workplace offers readers an accessible guide to understanding and applying Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to the workplace. Universal Design for Learning is a framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn. Using exemplars from across sectors and industries, James McKenna highlights how learning and development professionals can redefine the goals of learning in the corporate environment - not only for the benefit of the organization but also, and perhaps more importantly, for the individual.Upskill, Reskill,Thrive illustrates how to create and sustain learning and work environments that honor and empower individuals in ways that promote knowledge generation and sharing. This book will help L&D educators and corporate leaders motivate their teams from the inside to improve performance and become part of an inclusive culture across an organization.

Elli: A Day in the Life of a Kid with ADHD follows real life 9-year-old Elias (Elli) on his adventures and occasional misunderstandings as a child with ADHD. Author and illustrator Ari H.B. Yates interviewed Elli, combined several of his stories into one, and then worked with Elli to illustrate the journey. Together they hope that other children with learning differences can see they aren't alone in their challenges, and that it's possible to approach ADHD in a positive way. The book also takes a look at the often-complicated relationship between children with ADHD and their caregivers and teachers. (Hint: Adults aren't always right, but they deserve compassion, too.) Elli: A Day in the Life of a Kid with ADHD is a humorous tale with a problem-solving approach that young people and adults alike will enjoy and learn from.A message from Elli, who inspired the book:Hi there! My name is Elli and this book is about me!I'm 9 years old and I have ADHD. It can be hard having ADHD. Sometimes adults get angry at me when I'm not listening or when I have trouble with sitting still and concentrating. But I'm very talented and fun! In this book, I want to explain what it's like having ADHD, the bad and the good. Maybe another kid can read this book and realize that many others have ADHD, and even though it can be difficult you can still accomplish a lot of cool things...Especially if you understand your ADHD better! My friend Ari wrote this book after interviewing me, my mom, and my dad. But I helped decide which parts went into the book.But guess what... I also got to draw in the book! I'm very good at drawing, you see. If you pay attention, I'm sure you can find out which drawings are mine.Happy reading!------CAST is a nonprofit education research and development organization that envisions a world where all learning experiences in school, the workplace, and life are intentionally designed to elevate strengths and eliminate barriers so everyone has the opportunity to grow and thrive.Published in collaboration with David Berman Communications.

The authors lay out a step-by-step process to remake your leadership skills and methods with Universal Design for Learning (UDL). Topics include multitiered systems of support, e�ective feedback, and transforming culture and curriculum.

Andratesha Fritzgerald presents Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in a new light: As an effective framework to teach Black and Brown students. Drawing vivid portraits of her classroom instruction in urban over the past two decades, Fritzgerald shows teachers how to open new roads of communication, engagement, and skill-building for their students. The result? Helping students become expert, lifelong learners who feel honored and loved.

Due to popular demand, the authors of the Quality Indicators for Assistive Technology: A Comprehensive Guide to Assistive Technology Services (CAST, 2015) now offer this practical companion to the original book, which will help students, families, school professionals, and communities work together to meet the educational needs of every student.The original Quality Indicators for Assistive Technology, or QIAT, were developed by a team of experienced leaders in the field of assistive technology (AT) in education over nearly two decades. Drawing on contributions and feedback from thousands of educators and families, the Indicators offer extensive support for the development and implementation of AT services, including research-based information, resources, and scenarios. They collectively support AT decision-making and actions at all points of AT service delivery and ensures that they align with specific areas of special education processes; describe the core components of quality AT services in eight areas; and require a team approach that emphasizes student and family voice.The indicators, intent statements, and supporting materials for each area are used as guideposts for developing and sustaining effective, efficient, and ethical AT services across the country and internationally. This new volume, The QIAT Companion, offers educators and families an action-based, "just-in-time" resource written by the QIAT authors themselves.

Professional learning initiatives in schools come and go, and the constant cycling through programs can resemble fad diets--hype and hope followed by crash and burnout.In this timely book, professional learning providers Kasia M. Derbiszewska and T. Nicole Tucker-Smith share concrete strategies that will help you design professional development sessions that are compelling, convincing, and sustainable using the framework of Universal Design for Learning. Learn to recognize and reduce common barriers to effective PD. In each chapter, the authors clearly address the Purpose, Preparation, Implementation, and Benefits to Learning for each aspect of professional learning, as well as UDL Tidbits that help ensure the health and longevity of the initiative.If you are ready to take the leap toward creating healthy and sustainable professional learning, jump into the chapter that is most relevant to your needs. Get ready to consider the whole adult learner and apply practical strategies for cultivating and maintaining healthy, vibrant professional development that has a track record of success.

"Formative assessment--the process of interpretating data on student performance to adapt instruction to individual needs--is perhaps the single most powerful tool available to teachers to help every student succeed to their full potential."With that bold statement, Michael W. Connell sets out to unpack formative assessment--what it is, how it works, and why it is so essential for learner growth. He shows how to incorporate it into different teaching methods and settings, such as flipped classrooms, programmed instruction, and more. The goal: to provide the benefits of individualized instruction even in group settings.

In The Unbound Classoom, educator Chelsea Miro invites readers to "imagine a classroom that empowers every student to pursue their interests, to travel the paths of their curiosity, to allow learning to be a natural process." But what does this look like, sound like, and feel like? How can teachers design their classrooms and lessons to bring this vision to reality? Drawing on the inclusive principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL), The Unbound Classroom strives to create a real-world experience for students by removing disciplinary boundaries and allowing for thematic learning to take the lead. Rather than focus on a singular driving question, units cover a wide variety of relevant questions and ideas centered on the real-world study of a theme. With this strategy, students find the mode that is most engaging for them, and then allow their curiosity to guide their focus. UDL helps teachers think about the varying ways students learn and address that variability before each and every lesson. Integrating the UDL guidelines with cross-disciplinary, thematic units, results in a classroom that is ready to support the growth, curiosity, and insight of every student. By focusing on a central theme rather than a singular driving question, Miro's Unbound Classroom also becomes highly flexible. Teachers can develop a few lessons that integrate the disciplines and use the foundational approach or they can commit to an all-encompassing unit. The focus is on thinking outside the structures of the disciplines - math, science, English, history - and instead thinking about how to best learn all the facets of a particular topic, how to create rich, deep learning opportunities. In this stimulating and thought-provoking book, Miro walks through each step of creating a robust thematic unit but also includes shorter lessons, activities and strategies that teachers can take to their classrooms immediately.

You know that Universal Design for Learning (UDL) can improve teaching and learning in higher education. You want to share UDL's innovative best practices on campus and throughout your institution. Yet getting buy-in for trying new approaches can be tough given the many different stakeholder interests represented by faculty, departments, and administrative offices. It can feel like you are navigating through dark woods.That's where this book can help. Jodie Black and Eric J. Moore have been at the vanguard of UDL implementation at their respective institutions. In UDL Navigators in Higher Education: A Field Guide, they share strategies and resources for introducing UDL to postsecondary systems. Topics include: Program-level design Course-level design Instructional experience Technology selection and use Accessibility services Professional learning Since no two postsecondary institutions are alike, Black and Moore group their advice in themes that can be transferred and tailored to address the particular needs, culture, and values of your setting. UDL Navigators in Higher Education: A Field Guide-don't set off without it!

The iPad is a powerful educational device: versatile, mobile, engaging, and accessible to all learners, including those with disabilities.Dr. Luis Pérez draws on years of classroom teaching and his own experience with a visual impairment to offer savvy tips and strategies for making the most of the iPad. Perez shows how students with and without disabilities can become empowered creators and publishers of their own work. Teachers and parents of students in general education and special education settings will learn about the huge number of up-to-date iPad applications that they can use today.Learn about multimedia development, digital photography, blogs and websites, writing and reading supports, accommodations and supports for speech, vision, communications, executive functioning and more. Tips for using Google tools and highlights of favorite apps are sprinkled throughout this short, highly readable book.

How do we help language learners-those whose primary language is not the language of instruction-become resourceful, motivated, and strategic? In UDL for Language Learners, authors Caroline Torres and Kavita Rao address this critical problem of teaching practice.Whether they are newcomers or natural born citizens, language learners are often a highly diverse group with widely varying needs, in addition to their language acquisition needs. Differences in academic and cultural backgrounds can present special challenges for teachers who are trying to help all of their students meet common goals and standards.This book shows teachers how to plan for that variability and anticipate special challenges. The result: lessons that empower such students to achieve at high levels. Detailed vignettes illustrate how teachers can apply UDL in the classroom. The authors share strategies and design processes relevant to specific grades and content or skill areas.

Leading the Way to Excellence in AT Services is designed to help administrators identify critical issues and specific actions that will influence the provision of excellent assistive technology (AT) devices and services. AT experts Gayl Bowser and Penny R. Reed examine four aspects of school administration-leadership, program management, supervision, and advocacy and program improvement-and their relationship to AT. The result is an authoritative and useful guide that explains the legal, ethical, and practical reasons for providing high-quality AT to every student who needs it. In this highly practical book, readers learn to: identify ways to support educational programs that encourage and sustain students' and educators' use of AT; create and share a vision of their agency's approach to providing AT devices and services; manage material resources, allocation of personnel, time, and physical resources in a way that helps to provide an efficient, ethical, and cost-effective AT system; support educators in learning and applying pedagogical strategies for integrating the use of AT into the educational programs of students with disabilities; and regularly assess AT services and identify strategies to improve the current model. The authors showcase a number of resources, self-assessment tools, and specific strategies to help administrators and schools deliver assistive technology services that are academically effective and also cost effective.