Session+3+-+Teaching+and+Learning

__**Materials from January 24th session:**__


 * Participant Agenda**


 * Overview presentation for the day**


 * MTSS presentation from MA DESE**

http://www.doe.mass.edu/sped/mtss.html
 * MTSS Website**


 * MTSS Blueprint**




 * Quality Teaching and Learning self-assessment**

http://www.cast.org/
 * CAST Website**

//We wanted to share a great resource with you from the University of New Hampshire Institute on Disability. Read below to find out more about their upcoming workshop series, **Inclusive Practices in Action**. A brochure about the series is also available below.//




 * Inclusive Practices in Action**, a series of workshops presented by the UNH Institute on Disability, has several 2012 sessions available for registration. These workshops are appropriate for general and special education teachers, paraprofessionals, speech language pathologists, case managers, inclusion facilitators, physical and occupational therapists, and others. Please see below for brief previews of the next two sessions.

__ [|**Free Web-Based Books for Developing Literacy and Other Academic Skills for Students with Disabilities**] __* Tarheelreader.org is a free web-based program developed by Karen Erikson, Ph.D. of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As an advocate for teaching literacy to students with disabilities, Dr. Erikson has created a free website dedicated to supporting literacy and other academic skill development for students with disabilities. This website features more than 5,000 books written on areas of high interest, but features controlled vocabulary, giving students with disabilities the opportunity to practice their literacy skills and build academic concepts. //*Laptop with wireless internet capabilities required. A limited number of laptops are available; call 603.228.2084 to reserve.//

__ [|**Using Activity Task Strips to Assist Students with Task Completion**] __ While many students use schedules to help them through the major activities and tasks of the day, they may still need extra support within these activities to complete assignments and meet expectations. In this hands-on workshop, participants will identify sequences of activities within each task and develop task strips to guide students successfully through the activity.


 * Other Series Sessions**
 * 03/15/12 - __ [|Using Web-Based Adapted Books to Connect Students with Disabilities to the General Education Curriculum] __
 * 04/12/12 - __ [|Writing Standards-Based Individual Education Plans (IEPs) with Measurable Objectives] __
 * 05/10/12 - __ [|Using Collaborative Teaming to Support Learning of the General Education Curriculum by Students with Disabilities] __