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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.

The titles in the Piano and Laylee Learning Adventures Series are valuable resources for educators and parents wanting to introduce digital citizenship concepts to children aged 5-9. Designed to be read to and shared with early readers, the books follow the adventures of two adorable puppies who learn how to be safe and responsible while using technology. These petite books (4x6 inches) are perfect for classroom lessons on digital citizenship or for starting conversations at home. Charming, full-color illustrations help children grasp even difficult concepts.

A great set of books to help students learn about appropriate technology use.

"Tips for Home and School & DB-Link Fact Sheets The Nevada Dual Sensory Impairment Project has a number of tips available that may be helpful for use at home or in a school setting. These documents may be downloaded and printed. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view them.

helping meet the educational needs of children who have dual sensory impairments

This is a quick list of 12 ways to help individuals with disabilities to engage and participate with one another.

Internet for Classrooms - Helping Teachers Use the Internet Effectively website has links to academic resources, instructional supports, software tutorials, and other classroom technology resources.

I4C OVERVIEW Whether you are a newcomer or an old pro, it's easy to get "lost" in everything I4C has to offer. We have subject help by grade level on almost all school topics. Don't forget to click and explore when you are looking for teacher resources. Here are a few main topics to get you started. Early Childhood Elementary Math Elementary Language Arts Elementary Science Elementary Social Studies Middle/High School Language Arts Middle/High School Math Middle/High School Science Middle/High School Social Studies/History Middle/High School Foreign Languages SkillBuilders provide online interactives per subject and grade. Tech Tutorials provide online support as well as printables. Assessment Assistance offers online and printable tests.

Teachnig kids to read and helping those that struggle. This site is sponsered by WETA.

Offers strategies, lessons,activities and ideas designed to help young children learn to read."

"From fidgeting to shifting between different tasks, six techniques to help distracted ADD/ADHD students focus at school and on their homework."

Texthelp's HELP regarding Voice Note within the Read & Write Gold toolbar

Texthelp's HELP regarding Word Banks within the Read & Write Gold toolbar

"A guide for parents and professionals who want to help infants and toddlers with disabilities participate more fully in daily activities with the use of assistive technology. For ages birth to 3."

"A guide for parents and professionals who want to help infants and toddlers with disabilities participate more fully in daily activities with the use of assistive technology. For ages birth to 3."

Graphic organizers are an illustration of your thoughts on paper. They can help you brainstorm, organize, and visualize your ideas. Click on a graphic organizer to download a PDF of it. Once you've downloaded an organizer, type in your comments and prin

"Holt Interactive Graphic Organizers "Graphic organizers are tools that help your brain think." - Kylene Beers Graphic organizers are an illustration of your thoughts on paper. They can help you brainstorm, organize, and visualize your ideas. Click on a graphic organizer to download a PDF of it. Once you've downloaded an organizer, type in your comments and print it out.   Each graphic organizer below includes Teaching Notes with lessons and tips on how to use graphic organizers in the classroom.  "

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

"Three Apple iBooks have been designed to help families and professionals alike to get started with Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC). "

This video of an archived webinar by the Center on Technology And Disability features many tools and strategies useful in helping students with reading and writing. It is hosted by LCPS AT Trainer Chris Bugaj and done in a fun Jeopardy style format.

A downloadable book to help explain how to implement an AAC device

Evidence suggests turning the captions on helps support literacy

A comprehensive catalog of educational technology. If you like the concepts of universal design for learning this book will bring you to the next level with technology. The book outlines the very best educational technology to reach special education students, diverse learners and engage all students in the learning process. There is a new generation of low-cost technology to help reach challenging students like never before. This gives teachers countless tools to include in your UDL toolbox and enhance your teaching.

"Tasks Galore Publishing's blog provides parents and professionals with information to help students with Autism become more independent in school and life."

This is a subscription-based resource, however, there are plenty of sample ideas and resources that are available on the welcome page. Autism Inspiration provides a variety of resources for parents and teachers of children with autism spectrum behaviors. Resources provided include social scripts, lesson plans, games, group activities, sensory integration ideas, and other valuable tools and information to help teach children with Autism, Asperger Syndrome, Pervasive Developmental Delay (PDD), Sensory Integration Disorder, and other related behaviors.

"The Tots 'n Tech Research Institute (TnT) is an inter-university collaboration between Thomas Jefferson University (TJU), Philadelphia and Arizona State University (ASU), Tempe. TnT's mission is to provide up-to-date information and resources about adaptations, including assistive technology, to use with infants and toddlers for states, Early Intervention providers of all disciplines, and families across the country. In order to achieve this mission, TnT provides technical assistance to states to help them enhance the use of adaptations with infants and toddlers and conducts a national research program about use of adaptations and assistive technology (AT)"