About the Book

This Second Edition offers more substantive information on what it means to access the general curriculum, providing primary and secondary teachers with a resource to help every learner achieve their full potential. Accessing the General Curriculum presents updated frameworks and strategies, with examples, illustrations and flowcharts. As schools continue to move towards a system based on challenging standards, this book will be an effective tool in staying on track for both teachers and parents.

Table of Contents:
Introduction Acknowledgments 1. Access to the General Curriculum: Why it is More Important Than Ever Before The IDEA and Access to the General Curriculum The No Child Left Behind Act The Link Between "Standards" and "Curriculum" A New Way to Think About Special Education 2. The Nature of Curriculum Multiple Types of Curriculum The Core Elements of Curriculum What is the Purpose of Curriculum? Curriculum Involves a Domain Curriculum and Time Finding the General Curriculum Chapter Summary 3. The Learning-Teaching Connection Learning Research and Implications for Teaching Help Students Develop Meaningful Patterns of Information Creating Experts Teach to Improve Your Student′s Memory Help Students Attend to What You Want Them to Learn Make Effective Use of Practice Make Effective Use of Scaffolding Help Students Manage Their Own Learning Teach for Transfer and Generalization The Learning-Teaching Connection 4. Assessment That Supports Access to the General Curriculum Assessment and Decision-Making What Will Typical Students Be Expected to Do During the Timeframe Addressed by the IEP What is the Student′s Present Level of Performance in the General Curriculum? In What Ways is the Student′s Disability Impacting Performance? Is the Student Making Progress in the General Education Curriculum? 5. Access to Curriculum and the Individual Education Program Curriculum Access on a Continuum Universal Design for Learning Multiple Means of Representation Accommodations Modifications Accommodations and Modifications and Assessment Special Education and Related Services 6. A Decision-Making Process for Creating IEPs That Lead to Curriculum Access Step 1: Instructional Assessment Step 2: Choosing the Standards and Identifying Supports Step 3: Creating IEP Goals, Objectives, and Benchmarks The Relationship Between Objectives and Benchmarks References Index