Educational, Instructional, and Transition Strategies
- Alphabet Soup: Acronyms Commonly Used in Special Education
- Best Educational Practices for Students with Severe & Multiple Disabilities
- Systematic Planning for Inclusion
- Benefits of Community-Based Instruction
- Inclusive Education
- Questions for Parents of School Age Children in Planning Transition to New Teachers
- Supported Education
- Considerations in IEP Development for Children Who are Deafblind
- Using Natural Supports in the Classroom for Students with Disabilities
- How to Create a Winning Video Resume
- Using the System of Least to Most Prompts
- Hand-Under-Hand Prompting
- Constant Time Delay Prompting
- Progressive Time Delay Prompting
Interaction and Communication Strategies
- Tolerating Touch
- Appropriate Touch
- How to Interact with Individuals with Dual Sensory Impairments
- Using Cues to Enhance Receptive Communication
- Utilizing the Sense of Smell in Children and Youth with Deaf-Blindness
- Object Calendar
- How Can I Help My Child Understand What is Βι¶ΉΣ³» to Happen
- Talking Photo Albums
- Creating Conversation Boxes
- Choices at the Swimming Pool (or in the Bath)
Literacy
- Page Fluffers
- Promoting Literacy through Emergent Writing
- Adapting Coffee Table Books
- Story Boxes: A Hands-On Literacy Experience
- Using Story Boxes with Older Children
- Making and Using Page Turners
- Making Object Books
- Making Squishy Books
- More Fun Books for Shared Reading
- Creating Interactive Sensory Books Using Objects
- Interacting with the Alphabet
- Making Reflective Books
Positive Behavior Strategies
Relaxation, Recreation, and Friendships
- Facilitating Friendships and Interactions
- Circle of Friends
- Relaxation Strategies
- Making a Play Space for Your Child (email MaryAnn Demchak for tip sheet)
- Making Cookie Sheet Play Spaces
- Tips and Tools for Adapting Games
Self-Determination and Independence
Syndromes, Impairments and Medical Information
- Light Sensitivity
- Questions for Your Eye Doctor
- Strategies for Successful Medical Appointments for Individuals with Deaf-Blindness
- Awareness of Medical Issues in Relation to Changes in Behavior
- Otitis Media
- Cortical Visual Impairment
- Tips for Students with Usher Syndrome
- Facts Βι¶ΉΣ³» Colorblindness
- The Importance of Screening for Vision Problems in Children with Hearing Impairments
- Questions for Your Audiologist
- Questions for Your Dentist