6 ways to boost students’ social skills (a UDL post)
When you’re designing a curriculum based on universal design for learning (UDL), one key principle to follow is representing content in multiple ways. Read More
Prepping a universally designed classroom: Beth’s UDL story
This blog post outlines what Beth, a fourth-grade teacher, does to create an accessible, universally designed classroom that incorporates all three UDL principles: multiple means of representation, action and expression, and engagement. Read More
Writing Student Centered Goals
In this clip, you’ll get tips and strategies on creating class goals using Universal Design for Learning from a phys ed instructor. Read More
What’s so smart about S.M.A.R.T. goals?
Discover how to create learning goals that are S.M.A.R.T. (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Results-oriented, and Time-bound) in this excerpt from this practical, accessible guidebook on Universal Design for Learning. Read More
The goal and the lesson
Read the excerpt and discover the role of lesson goals in UDL, how to design goals using the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) as an example, and how goals promote student ownership of learning. Read More
The Vocabulary and Myths of Universal Design for Learning
Universal Design for Learning may seem complicated and intimidating to educators unfamiliar with the framework. In this section, Loui Lord Nelson clearly defines and describes the key terms associated with UDL and provides some examples as well. Read More
Meeting the needs of learners with autism spectrum disorders
Read the excerpt and discover how universal design for learning (UDL)—an innovative framework for curriculum and instructional design—addresses the needs of learners with ASDs in classrooms. This chapter contains two instructional examples that apply UDL to the development of literacy skills and social and emotion understanding, areas that can be particularly challenging for learners with ASD. Read More
Providing multiple means of engagement
Read the excerpt and learn why providing multiple means of engagement is essential for UDL. This except includes options for catching interest, sustaining effort and persistence, and self-regulation. Read More
Sample Pack: Universal Design for Learning in Action
Get a taste of key strategies for Engagement, Input, and Output in this UDL in Action sample pack Read More
Including all students in instruction in core curriculum areas
Read the excerpt to learn considerations relevant to teaching core subject areas (reading and writing, mathematics, social and natural sciences) to all students. The strategies described for each subject area are organized according to the hierarchy of least-to-most intrusive supports, interventions, and adaptations. Read More
