Alternate Standards

The Public Education Department’s Office of Special Education presented no-cost professional learning sessions for special educators supporting students with significant disabilities and high support needs. These sessions offered practical strategies, tools, and insights to enhance communication, create supportive classrooms, and implement proactive behavior strategies that improved student success. Explore the resources below to learn more.

Objectives:

Equip educators with strategies to support students with significant cognitive disabilities in accessing general education and academic content.
Teach and recognize communication skills to foster independence and academic access, including the use of augmentative communication tools.
Design universally accessible learning environments that support all students through effective routines and flexible structures.
Understand, analyze, and proactively address student behavior with evidence-based strategies and data-driven tools.
Unpack standards to identify target skills for increasing access to academic content.

Session Recordings

Classroom Setup for Students with Extensive Support Needs - Recording
- Passcode: 9TYzSF3
Behavior Support Strategies for Students with Extensive Support Needs - Recording
- Passcode: j6*nU@LZ

Training Materials

Alternate Standards Onsite Session 1 - Maximizing Access to General Education for Students with Extensive Support Needs

Alternate Standards Onsite Session 2 - Supporting Communication in Students with Extensive Support Needs

Alternate Standards Virtual Session 1 - Classroom Setup for Students with Extensive Support Needs

Alternate Standards Virtual Session 2 - Behavior Support Strategies for Students with Extensive Support Needs

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