Podcast
The Continuing Educator
Accessibility and student agency, with Douglas Buttorff and Elizabeth Barker
November 17, 2021
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Description
General education teachers arenāt often provided the training they need to effectively reach children with disabilities in their classroom, but there are simple things they can do to gain more expertise at working with these students. In this episode, we discuss information why and how teaching programs fail to prepare gen ed teachers for working with students with disabilities, break down a few common myths about students with disabilities, and give teachers actionable ideas and strategies for building student agency with their entire class. Our guests are two NWEA experts in special education: Douglas Buttorff (content designer) and Elizabeth Barker (accessibility research scientist).
Topics: Instructional strategy & resources
Products: Professional Learning
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