5 Tips for Getting All Students Engaged in Learning

What’s lesson one for teachers who want students to successfully grasp, retain, and apply new material? Read More

Making the Most of Shared Reading: Practical Tips from Two Experts!

In their book Shared Storybook Reading, Helen Ezell and Laura Justice identify two key skills children with and without disabilities must bring to the shared-reading table (or armchair) to get the most out of this important activity. Those skills are: attending and conversational turn-taking. Read More

Start Some Drama! 7 tips on dramatic play activities that boost language learning

This post gives you 7 helpful tips on introducing language- and literacy-rich dramatic play activities to all preschoolers, adapted from Early Literacy in Action by Betty H. Bunce. Read More

FREE PRINTABLE: Anti-Bullying Cards for Your Students

Teachers and school counselors: Here’s a great little addition to your anti-bullying resources. Read More

7 Ways to Strengthen Executive Function Skills

In your classroom, you probably have at least a few students who need help with executive function—the skills that affect their ability to organize, complete homework, manage time, regulate emotions, keep impulses in check, and more. Read More

A Win-Win: McGavock High’s Peer Buddy Program

Focusing on the Nashville’s McGavock High School, this memorable story shines a spotlight on how a well-planned peer buddy program improves the lives of students with and without disabilities. Read More

17 Great Accommodations & Modifications

As many of our posts have emphasized this year, designing your lessons using the UDL framework goes a long way toward meeting each of your students’ specific learning needs. Read More

7 Tips for Including Kids with Autism in Physical Education

I’ll share some specific tips from Different Speeds & Different Needs author Gary Barber, a physical education teacher with more than 30 years of experience coaching kids with and without disabilities. Read More

Inclusion QuickTips: Disclosing a Disability

If you teach and support young adults with disabilities, you might get the question “when and how should I disclose my disability when I apply for a job or internship?” Read More

3 Ways to Help Young Children Respect and Accept Diversity

Here are three of the most effective strategies for helping students respect and accept each other’s differences. Read More