This session will provide both general and special education teachers with thoughts to ponder related to the impact of teaching to the highest standards in inclusive settings while meeting the needs of students with disabilities. Participants will learn practical ideas to address the standards through collaborative teaching, universal design for learning, interdisciplinary collaboration, and the use of technology to ensure the success of students with disabilities.

The following are the objectives and key topics to be addressed in this professional development workshop:

This engaging session will include:

Useful strategies to successfully support students with disabilities in general education classrooms.

Practical techniques for establishing partnerships between general and special educators.

User friendly resource materials for immediate use in your school and classroom related to student learning and assessment.

Real world, relevant and practical ideas, and videotaped examples of inclusive and co-taught settings, including tools for collaboration, assessment and universal design principals.

Specific tools across the content will be discussed, as well the role of the special educator not only in using these tools, but teaching students to self advocate for their technological needs so that they reach the highest standards possible.