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When writing communication goals and objectives for learners with complex communication needs one place  to start is the research.

"The National Center and State Collaborative (NCSC) is a project led by five centers and 24 states, building an alternate assessment based on alternate achievement standards (AA-AAS) for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities. The shared goal of the NCSC partners is to ensure that students with the most significant cognitive disabilities achieve increasingly higher academic outcomes and leave high school ready for post-secondary options. The wiki and the materials hosted here help educators accomplish the NCSC goals by supporting instruction aligned to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). The materials on the wiki can also be used in states that are not using the CCSS. Much of the content that is covered on the wiki will also appear in other Mathematics and English Language Arts state standards. "

AIR is one of the world's largest behavioral and social science research organizations. Our overriding goal is to use the best science available to bring the most effective ideas and approaches to enhancing everyday life. For us, making the world a better place is not wishful thinking. It is the goal that drives us

"The Communication Supports Inventory- Children & Youth (CSI-CY) is a tool to help professionals working with students with complex communication needs make educational plans that are comprehensive enough to capture their strengths and restrictions. The  CSI-CY is designed to make goal writing easier for teachers and speech-language pathologists who work with students who are augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) users or potential users. By itself, it is not an assessment, but rather a guide to organize the professional's understanding of the impact of a student's communication strengths and limitations on their participation at school and home. The Inventory consists of a survey and a report. The World Health Organization developed the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health-Children and Youth Version (ICF-CY) in 2007 to provide a global common language for describing the impact of health conditions and disabilities on human functioning. This Inventory uses that same global common language. It utilizes the broad perspective on function and disability of the ICF-CY to characterize students who use AAC."

Interactive tool to help determine a goal, find a tool, select & implement a tool and then monitor progress.

Has great resources on IEP goals for people who are blind.

This site provides an introduction of UDL, the opportunity to check your curriculum for UDL compatibility, and the option to explore resources for building options and flexibility into each component of your curriculum.

Use this CAST interactive online tool to help you apply UDL principles in your teaching to reach and engage all of your students. Learn about UDL, Check Your Curriculum, or Explore Resources for ideas on how to build options and flexibility into each element of your curriculum.

This free online tool helps educators build options and flexibility into each element of the curriculum (goals, methods, materials, and assessments) in order to reach and engage all students.

Paths to Technology is designed to assist educators and families in learning and staying current on ever-changing technology for students with visual impairments and blindness. The goal of this project is to enable students with visual impairments and blindness (VIB) to succeed in paperless mainstream classrooms and post-school opportunities for employment by achieving digital literacy and by staying current with rapidly evolving technology. Created as an interactive site, Paths to Technology will be a resource for defining and disseminating best practices, training, and support for teachers of the visually impaired, braille transcribers, other education professionals, parents and students themselves.

Orange County Public Schools - AAC Implementation Strategies Model It!!! thoughts on aided language AAC Plan for Implemention a planning tool for who and how implemention will happen Greetings & Closing Poster instructions to staff on how to implement single message device Dyanmic AAC Competency Goals Word Hunts A game to encourage vocabulary building using AAC device. Writing Communication Goals A Plan for Indroducing Core Vocabulary

A blog post detailing why it is important to have an end goal of language use and a system in place for how to get there .

This site presents training, resources, and information related to early communication assessment and instruction for students with significant disabilities. It is part of a larger effort to address the needs of students with significant disabilities who participate in the alternate assessment across the state of North Carolina. The goal of the larger project is to provide educators with the training, resources, and support they need to meet the needs of students with the most significant cognitive disabilities across three critical domains: Academics, Communication, and Transition.

Writing IEP Goals and Objectives for Authentic Communication - for Children with Complex Communication Needs

This blog is administered by Dodie Ainslie, Coordinator of Instruction at Vestal Central School District. My goal is for teachers and administrators to collaborate on how they are using technology to increase student thinking and learning.

The goal of this website is to provide a one-stop-shop for parents, families and caregivers of children with special needs to: *Learn about and plan your child's educational program *Understand your legal rights and responsibilities *Access local resources including school system contacts and disability services in your community *Access an abundance of resources, including instructional strategies, assistive technology and behavioral supports to help your child succeed. The Virginia Department of Education hopes that you find the information you need, whether you are new to special education or looking for the latest news, research, and resources. Parents and families can make a difference in their child's education.

The goal of this website is to provide a one-stop-shop for parents, families and caregivers of children with special needs to: *Learn about and plan educational programming *Understand legal rights and responsibilities *Access local resources including school system contacts and disability services in the community *Access an abundance of resources, including instructional strategies, assistive technology and behavioral supports to help children succeed.

Google Forms allow a user to collect real, in-the-moment, data to provide evidence about student performance. Create a Google Form for each student and distribute the links to anyone collecting data. Each time the form is submitted, a new line will be added to a spreadsheet with the data. Evidence will accumulate demonstrating how a student is performing according to each goal.

The Center for Accessible Technology in Sign (CATS) is a joint project between the Atlanta Area School for the Deaf and the Georgia Institute of Technology. CATS is dedicated to providing accessibility to learning via sign language. CATS' goal is to enhan

TeacherDirect is designed to establish a direct line of communication with classroom teachers and educators. The goal of TeacherDirect is to provide a way to share new instructional resources created by VDOE staff as well as make teachers aware of professional development and grant opportunities, and other information of special interest to teachers and their students.

17 Minute Video with the following learning goal - Participants will explore Universal Design for Learning (UDL) as a systems change process.

About Noodle Noodle is the first and only life-long education related search company in the world. We were started in 2011 by John Katzman, the founder of The Princeton Review and 2Tor. Our goal is to provide a recommendation engine to help anyone find educational opportunities at all levels, from K-12 to college, grad school, weekend classes, and professional development. Searching for the right educational opportunity can be intimidating and overwhelming. Too often this means that students go to the obvious school instead of the right school. We decided it was about time to solve that problem so we created Noodle. We offer accurate, extensive data on over 150,000 schools and hundreds of thousands of education providers. We help you find it with a personalized recommendation tool. Just answer a few questions and we'll match you with the school, tutor, or educational opportunity that suits your interests, budget, location and general preferences. You can also check out our Noodlings blog for advice and opinions from experts in their respective fields. It's full of explanations, how-to articles, top-10 lists and news related to all things education, from parenting to admissions to careers. We want to give you the knowledge you need to act on your educational interests with confidence. We know Noodle will revolutionize the educational search process by offering great information, data, and advice to everyone at no cost. But Noodle is a work in progress and always will be. We're always adding, updating and refining Noodle's data and search tools; and we need your help to keep getting better. Please let us know what you think about our data, recommendations, or the site in general so we can keep learning too. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook or Tumblr to give us feedback or just keep in touch!