6 Successful Strategies for Teaching the Australian Curriculum: A practical guide students with moderate-to-severe disabilities

Knowing how to adapt content and achievement standards for a student with a moderate or severe intellectual disability can be difficult. This ebook offers six strategies for personalised learning featured in each of its six chapters, specifically adapted for the Australian Curriculum. Topics covered are:

• Strategies consider Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
• Student-directed learning
• Assistive technology & Peer supports
• Systematic instruction
• Generalisation & Application of research to practice.

When teaching to an achievement standard, it is important to stay true to the original intent of the standard. It does so by outlining six easy-to-follow teaching strategies that help you personalise learning instructional strategies for your students. You'll find practical examples and ready-made lessons to try in your class for math, English language arts, science, and social studies.

Curricular examples and printable lesson plans are presented and available for your use.

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Table of Contents

Preface

About the authors

Foreword

Introduction

Strategy 1: Apply Universal Design for Learning for all students

Strategy 2: Facilitate student-directed learning

Strategy 3: Use assistive technology and peer supports

Strategy 4: Use systematic instruction

Strategy 5: Apply research to practice

Strategy 6: Teach to generalise

Appendixes

A: Understanding alignment

B: Facilitating student-directed learning.

C: Using assistive technology and peer supports

D: Using systematic instruction

E: Applying research to practice

F: Teaching to generalise

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