A Strong Collaborative IEP Meeting in 3 Steps

A collaborative IEP meeting approach is needed when working to develop an IEP. Collaboration helps us solve problems, learn from each other, and improve our work. There are things that can help with collaboration at an IEP meeting. Here are a few tips: be an active listener, participate in the discussion, stick to the agenda, and celebrate everyone’s accomplishments. 

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15 Children’s Books About Special Ed Disabilities

Children’s books that feature characters with disabilities can help promote acceptance, understanding, and inclusion in the classroom. By reading these books to their students, teachers can teach children about the challenges faced by people with disabilities, while also showing that they are no different from anyone else.

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5 Extended School Year (ESY) Special Ed Activities

As the school year comes to a close, it’s time to start thinking about extended school year (ESY) activities for your special education students. ESY is a program designed to help students with disabilities maintain the skills they have learned during the school year and to prevent regression over the summer. ESY can be a fun and engaging way for students to continue learning while enjoying the summer months.

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Using ESY To Build A Successful Student Business

Having a student business has SO MANY benefits.  Depending on what your product or service is, you have the opportunity to practice independence, money math, cooking, responsibility, and so much more!  In this series, various guest bloggers (teachers & special educators) will share their tried and true experience of starting and running a student business for special education students.  Hopefully these posts will give you some great ideas or inspire you to start a classroom business of your own to teach students valuable vocational & life skills!

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