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Your blueprint for building structure, consistency, and accountability year-round! Often teachers of all experience levels struggle to effectively manage special education classrooms. In this must-have guide, Rohrer and Sampson provide a solid, workable action plan to ensure measurable success for even your most challenging student.  Discover a variety of research-based instructional strategies to: Support all students, including those with autism and severe learning disabilities Organize your classroom, materials, and staff and student schedules for optimal teaching and learning Execute well-planned standards-based lessons, annual IEP's, PLAALP's, behavioral interventions, and visual supports Develop communication and social skills within a language-rich environment Foster parent communication and staff collaboration Packed with real-world examples, free tools to use and share, a list of resources and a helpful glossary, this dynamic resource will inspire you, develop your teacher toolbox, and ensure your students are on the path to achievement! "10 Critical Components for Success in the Special Education Classroom offers practical and easy-to-use ideas for organizing your physical classroom space, materials, student and staff schedules. Readers will also receive well thought out strategies that will definitely aid in the ultimate end result--student success!" --Avis Canty, Special Education Teacher Tanglewood Middle School, Greenville, SC "The path to success for students with autism and intellectual disabilities starts here, when their teachers implement the essential critical components outlined in this book." --Renee Bernhardt, Learning Support for Special Education and RTI Cherokee County School District, Canton, GA

How can educators create inclusive classrooms where students with intellectual and developmental disabilities not only participate and communicate, but also learn academic content? The groundbreaking model in this book is the answer. Practical, forward-thinking, and person-centered, the Beyond Access Model shows education professionals what meaningful inclusive education looks like and gives them the critical guidance they need to make it happen. A researched approach developed by three inclusive education experts from the University of New Hampshire's respected Institute on Disability, the Beyond Access Model works because it presumes competence and encourages high expectations, so all students reach their full potentialis consistent with the problem-solving framework of the popular and effective Response to Intervention modelgoes beyond functional skills to help students learn general education curriculum contentfosters successful collaborative teaming, so the educational team engages in honest and respectful communication, makes sound decisions, and works on adjustments if neededis flexible and adaptable, not a rigid "cookbook" approach to inclusive education planninghelps teachers support students' communication through effective use of augmentative communication strategiesfacilitates strong family-school partnerships, so education professionals and parents learn from each other's expert knowledge This accessible book guides educators and administrators through every phase of the Beyond Access Model, from assessing current student supports to reviewing and sustaining the benefits of new inclusive education strategies. Vignettes and examples--including a detailed, real-life "before and after" case study--vividly illustrate how the model improves students' educational experience and outcomes. And more than a dozen adaptable checklists, forms, and templates give educators the structure they need as they begin planning and implementing inclusion strategies. An innovative model that can transform schools and lives, The Beyond Access Model will ensure that students with disabilities enjoy the benefits of full membership, participation, and learning within truly inclusive classroom communities.Click here to watch a recording of Dr. Jorgensena (TM)s webinar - Planning for Full Participation and Learning in the Inclusive Class

As technology and the idea of distance education is rapidly changing, so too must the law that protects copyrighted material. In 2003 U.S. copyright law was amended with the legislation now known as TEACH (Technology Education and Copyright Harmonization). Tomas Lipinski discusses these changes to copyright law and how they may ultimately affect traditional distance classrooms. Providing a step-by-step explanation of the law and how it impacts these pedagogical issues, Lipinski discusses instructor ownership issues, a general application of "fair use," and other issues that will inevitably arise when technology, intellectual property, and education all intersect. Tomas Lipinski is a lawyer, and he approaches these volatile (and very new) issues from a legal perspective. This book, however, is written in intermediate terms that will make it accessible (as well as necessary) to the distance educator and administrator. As the framework for distance education and technology (particularly copyright) law is now set in place, this book will prove an invaluable resource for years to come.