If you are a special educator or have students who really struggle in your classrooms, and you want better outcomes, this session is for you!  The research is clear on what works:  instruction should be intensive, strategic, supportive of foundational skills, and focused on generalization. How do we provide proactive rather than reactive instruction for students with disabilities and struggling learners in the inclusive classroom? This session will re-imagine instruction and intervention in inclusive settings by introducing practical, streamlined routines that prioritize high-impact curriculum standards. These routines create opportunities to learn without disrupting classroom instruction, help us know more about what our students can do, and support meaningful progress in the TEKS and the IEP.  Through this context, we’ll begin to explore evidence-based interventions in reading language arts and math that have been found to improve student independence and learning outcomes for the diversity of students we serve. 

Classroom Teachers, Special Educators, and Paraprofessionals will learn how to help students:

• get started with rigorous content
• build independence in learning the content
• focus on what is important
• apply their learning
• make connections
• monitor their own progress and develop self-determination