The Access Center proposes that access to the general education curriculum occurs when students with disabilities are actively engaged in learning the content and skills that define the general education curriculum.
Professional development materials designed to support the training of trainers and that include Facilitator’s Notes, PowerPoint slides, resources, and handouts.
This module is a 3.5-hour module designed to promote knowledge and understanding of the fifth essential component of reading: comprehension. The purpose of this module is to help provide teachers with the knowledge and tools necessary to provide effective reading interventions for students who struggle with reading comprehension.
Short discussions on a topic, often with examples, and supported by research.
This brief provides a quick reference of definitions and examples of terms frequently used when talking about students with disabilities, special education, and access.
This brief is an introduction to the linkage between classroom practice and student performance on State assessments. It provides practitioners and administrators with an overview of instructional practice and content, based on rigorous academic standards, to heighten awareness regarding the connection between access to the general education curriculum and student performance on large scale assessments.
Instructional Strategies, Background Information on Access, Standards & Assessments, Teaching & Learning
This brief examines the multidimensional and dynamic framework the Access Center developed through an extensive literature review and discussions with educators from the special education community.
PowerPoint files or video clips from presentations affiliated with the Access Center, also includes relevant handouts.
This presentation is used to provide audiences with an overview of mission, goals, and services available through the Access Center. It is a general informational presentation that can be adapted to a variety of audiences.
This presentation provided an overview of the Access Center and the services and products we offer. It was intended to introduce the audience to the Information Sharing Community initiative that is available to CCSSO constituents through our relationship with the Council.
Handout
External links to resources and information.
The mission of this 5-year national project funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) is to provide technical assistance to states and districts and building the capacity of states to assist districts in implementing proven models for RTI/EIS (response to intervention/early intervening services).
DB-LINK helps parents, teachers, and others by providing them with information to foster the skills, strategies and confidence necessary to nurture and empower deaf-blind children.
This link provides a vision of how new curricula, teaching practices, and policies can be woven together to practically improve access to the general curriculum. The site includes highly useful case stories and publications.
This national project out of the University of Kansas develops tools and resources that support students with special needs in general education settings.
The IRIS Center aims to ensure that general education teachers, school administrators, school nurses, and school counselors are well prepared to work with students who have disabilities and with their families.
