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Effective Communication Strategies for Co-Teachers in RTI Schools
By Elizabeth Whitten, Ph.D., Kelli J. Esteves, Ed.D., and Alice Woodrow, coauthors of RTI Success: Proven Tools and Strategies for Schools and Classrooms (Revised & Updated Edition) Response to Intervention (RTI) as a multi-tiered system of support takes a collaborative … Continue reading
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Tagged co-teaching, Free Spirit author, response to intervention, RTI
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Tips for Building Successful Partnerships Between Special Education and Mainstream Teachers
By Benjamin Farrey-Latz, author of I Can Learn Social Skills! Poems About Getting Along, Being a Good Friend, and Growing Up, and Amara Danielson Teachers work with many individuals to support their students. Special education teachers and general education or … Continue reading
Posted in Learning Disabilities, Teaching
Tagged co-teaching, differentiation, Free Spirit author, IEP, IEPs, parents, special education, special needs, students, teachers
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Strategies for Helping At-Risk Students Succeed
By Barbara Gruener Part of our Counselor’s Corner series. Click to read other posts in the Counselor’s Corner. When you hear the term at risk, your initial inquiry might be: At risk of what? An online dictionary defines at risk … Continue reading
Creating an Inclusive Classroom for Students with Special Needs
By Andrew Hawk Pull-out teaching models are falling out of use whether we agree or disagree with the change. Every year, federal and state departments of education raise the amount of time special education students are expected to spend in general … Continue reading
Strategies for Successful Co-Teaching
By Kelli J. Esteves, Ed.D., and Elizabeth Whitten, Ph.D., coauthors of RTI in Middle School Classrooms: Proven Tools and Strategies We asked middle school teachers to share the questions and concerns they have about co-teaching in schools that have implemented … Continue reading
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Tagged co-teaching, Free Spirit author, middle school, response to intervention, RTI
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