Co-Teaching Level II: NE GLRS Continuous Improvement Project
What’s So Special about special ed? Specialized Instruction Module III Beth McMickle, EDS and Jennifer Leahy, EDS
Does this sound familiar? 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXqa9LQ2KWQ
Think about it‌ 
Is there evidence of specialized instruction in your school/classroom?
Learning Targets 
I can identify the information that is needed to successfully plan and implement specialized instruction.
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I can explain my role as it relates to planning and implementing specialized instruction.
Supporting Specialized Instruction
Who’s responsible for ensuring students with disabilities receive specialized instruction?
What do we need to know in order to support individual student learning needs?
Is there a process in place for planning and implementing specialized instruction in your classroom/school?
Who is Responsible for Specialized Instruction?
Case Managers
Co-Teachers
How can case mangers support the needs of individual learners?
Student notebooks
Student Information Form
Summary of Psychological
Copy of IEP
Individual Learner Profile
Attendance/Behavior Records
Grades
Testing Information
Parent/Teacher communications
Work samples
Activity: Bring the Psych to Life!
Summary of Psychological Academic
Achievement
Processing
Strengths and Weaknesses
Behavioral
Concerns
Recommendations
Individual Learner Profile
Learning/processing strengths and weaknesses
Impact of disability on performance
Summary of IEP Goals and Objectives
Accommodations
Assistive Technology
Specialized Instruction strategies aligned to processing deficits
How can co-teachers support the needs of individual learners?
Review Individual Learner Profiles
Class Summary
Students
Exceptionalities
Accommodations
Specialized Instruction
Assistive Technology
Behavior Intervention Plans
It all Adds Up!
Knowledge of students’ processing strengths and weaknesses
+ Collaborate and determine appropriate individual strategies
= Specialized Instruction
Collaborative Planning
Create lesson or unit plan
Consider needs of students with disabilities
How is content presented?
What tasks are required of students?
Where might individual students have difficulty?
Who will need specialized instruction?
Plan specialized instruction
Resources
Learning Issues for SWD: Classroom Impact, Informal Assessment & Strategies
Processing Deficits Matrix
Deficits and How they Present
Cognitive Functioning and Psychological Processing
Specialized Instructional Strategies
Review of Learning Targets 
I can identify the information that is needed to successfully plan and implement specialized instruction.
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I can explain my role as it relates to planning and implementing specialized instruction.