The following are recommended resources cited in the laminated reference guide UDL and ESSA by Stacy Dean.
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Guidelines: www.udlcenter.org/aboutudl/udlguidelines_theorypractice
Strategies for Multiple Means of Representation
- Schedules– use visual aids to prepare students for transitions or to complete tasks. www.pbisworld.com/tier-2/individual-visual-schedules/
- QR Codes – easily link to any online content (videos, images) with a single scan using a smart device. Paste printed QR’s around the classroom or put on student work to provide a virtual scaffold to the content. www.qrstuff.com
- Adapted text:
- Social Stories:
- Websites & Apps:
Strategies for Multiple Means of Expression
- Storybooks: www.mystorybook.com
- Illustrations: www.cacoo.com
- Collages: www.befunky.com
- Cartoon Strips:
- Story Boards: www.storyboardthat.com
- Personal Magazines: https://flipboard.com
- Rubrics: http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php
- Assistive Technology Supports: www.udlcenter.org/aboutudl/udltechnology
- Math Mainpulatives:
Strategies for Multiple Means of Engagement:
- Puzzle Projects: www.classtools.net/education-games-php/jigsaw
- Games:
- Mneumonics: www.educationworld.com/a_curr/profdev/profdev117.shtml
- First-Then Boards: csefel.vanderbilt.edu/modules/module3b/handout2.pdf
- Visual Schedules:
- Self-Monitoring
Additional Resources on ESSA:
- National Association of Elementary School Principals, Brief Summary of ESSA: www.naesp.org/brief-summary-every-student-succeeds-act
- National Conference of State Legislatures, ESSA Summary: www.ncsl.org/documents/capitolforum/2015/onlineresources/summary_12_10.pdf
Helpful Websites on UDL:
- Center for Applied Special Technology (UDL): www.CAST.org
- National Center on Universal Design for Learning: UDLCenter.org
Additional Resources:
- Activities for ESL: http://a4esl.org/
- ABC Teach (resources for educators): www.abcteach.com
- Assistive Technology Resources Education: www.atia.org
- Autism Speaks: www.autismspeaks.org
- Best Evidence Encyclopedia/Math: www.bestevidence.org/math/
- Closing the Gap (assistive technology): www.closingthegap.com
- Colorin Colorado (ESL): www.colorincolorado.org/
- Resources for Special Needs: www.do2learn.com
- ESL Cafe: www.eslcafe.com
- Florida Center for Reading Research: www.fcrr.org
- Goal Book (UDL): www.goalbookapp.com/toolkit/strategies
- Iris Center (special education resources): http://iris.peabody. vanderbilt.edu/
- Intervention Central (RTI/EBP’s): www.interventioncentral.org
- Ohio Center for Autism & Low Incidence: www.ocali.org
- ESL Resources: http://oedb.org/ilibrarian/50_essential_resources_for_esl_students/
- Reading Rockets (literacy): www.readingrockets.org
- Special Education Resources on the Web: www.seriweb.com
- Teachnology (technology): www.teach-nology.com
- Understood (special education): www.understood.org
- Wisconsin Assistive Technology Initiative: www.wati.org