| With increased emphasis on students meeting state
academic standards, instructors of students with moderate and severe
disabilities have wondered about their role. Will they continue to
integrate their students in the regular classrooms and in the general
curriculum? Or will their participation in alternate assessments
aligned to alternate achievement standards leave them stranded in
self-contained classrooms once again?
According to authors Ginevra Courtade-Little and Diane Browder, the
answer lies in aligning students’ IEPs to state standards consistent
with students’ grade and ability levels. By following this book, your
students with significant disabilities can participate in parallel
activities directly related to the general curriculum. For example,
when meeting a math state standard in measurement, have the student
match coins to a linear jig to purchase an item.
It’s really quite simple: You write IEP goals on standard-based
content areas that are appropriate for a student’s grade level and
ability. This valuable and unique book does just that: Shows you how to
construct student IEPs with goals aligned to each state’s academic
content standards for each student’s assigned grade and ability level.
Softbound book, 100 pgs., |