Quick Links: Resources for Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

National Center on Universal Design for Learning
Universal Design for Learning, Version 2.0
Presentation: Universal Design for Learning (Stephanie Richardson)
Website/Wiki: UDL Technology Toolkit (Karen Janowski)

CAST: Transforming Education through Universal Design for Learning
Book: A Practical Reader in Universal Design for Learning 
(David H. Rose and Ann Meyer, Eds)

Accessible Instructional Materials: Exploring the On-line AIM Navigator and Universal Design for Learning Resources

The National Center on Accessible Instructional Materials at Cast has an on-line interactive program for IEP teams to use when planning for students who require accessible instructional materials.  Here's the description from the AIM Navigator website:


"The AIM Navigator is a process facilitator that guides the work of a collaborative team as they work through the AIM-related needs of individual students. It is not a screening or diagnostic tool. The Navigator consists of a series of guiding questions to assist teams with decision-making about need, selection, acquisition, and use of accessible instructional materials. Learning supports for completing each decision-making step are available throughout....As a team works through the decision-making process, the Navigator collects the decisions made along with any notes entered into text boxes at each point. All are included in a summary that can be viewed at any time, saved to a local computer, or printed."


UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING AT A GLANCE
"Today's methods are hands-on, interactive, engaging, so hopefully by doing that and having them (the students) actually doing something, instead of reading about sugar molecules, we're going to demonstrate it in a different way."  (Discussion about a UDL science lesson)


David Rose on Implementing Universal Design for Learning


RELATED
National Center on Accessible Instructional Materials
National Center on Universal Design for Learning
Teaching Every Student in the Digital Age:  Universal Design for Learning
(On-line interactive version of the 2002 book of the same name.  Still very good!)
Universal Design for Learning Research
UDL in Detail:  UDL Guideline - Version 1.0

Free webinars from CITEd, the Center for Implementing Technology in Education

CITEd, in collaboration with Don Johnston Incorporated, is presenting free webinar sessions over the next few months.

Assistive Technology: Written Productivity & Assessment 12/10/08 & 12/16/08
Presenters: Denise DeCoste, Team Leader, High Incidence Accessible Technology (HIAT), Montgomery County Public Schools

Technology Implementation: Getting to Where You Want to Be (Overview of Universal Design for Learning) 12/6/09 & 12/13/09
Presenters: David Rose, Co-Founder, CAST; Mary Thorngren, Deputy Director, Center for Implementing Technology in Education (CITEd); and Jenna Wasson, Research Associate, CAST

Accessible Instructional Materials 101 2/4/09 & 2/10/09
Presenters: Joy Zabala, Project Manager, AIM Consortium; and Diana Foster Carl, Special Projects Coordinator, AIM Consortium

You can find links to previous Moving Forward with Technology webinars on the CITEd website.

Although the school year is nearly half over, it is not to late to move forward with technology!

David Rose, from CAST, addressed the NCLB Commission on the importance of Universal Design for Learning (UDL). Here is the link!

CAST to NCLB Commission: There's a Way to 'Leave No Child Behind'

Chief Scientist David Rose makes case for universally designed approaches

Wakefield, Mass., August 2, 2006 --Today CAST Chief Scientist and Co-Founding Director David Rose told the bipartisan Commission on No Child Left Behind (NCLB) that applying Universal Design for Learning principles is the best way to ensure that all children, including those with disabilities, have equal opportunities to a high-quality education...........

Harvard Summer Institute: Universal Design in Education blog. A great resource for studying UDL.

"How-to" information for educators, school psychologists, and related professionals:

David Rose, co-founder of CAST, posted resources about Universal Design for Learning (UDL) for participants of the Harvard Summer Institute on UDL on a blog. If you are a member of a school-based team (problem-solving, intervention, curriculum, technology, positive behavior support, response-to-intervention, etc.), you will appreciate the links to the institute's presentations and related resources.

Here is a brief sample:

"When you need support - mentoring, scaffolding - in creating lesson plans for all learners, you can find help here: http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/toolkits/tk_procedures.cfm?tk_id=21 More specifically, to set goals, look here: http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/tools/udlgoalsetter.cfm To think about your class and what it needs: http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/tools/classprofiletool.cfm To help in choosing or adapting materials, look here: http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/tools/udlsolutionsfinder.cfm "


George Sugai is well-known for his work in the area of Positive Behavioral Support. His PowerPoint presentation at the UDL Institute was an introduction to the defining features of School-Wide Positive Behavior Supports within the context of Universal Design for Learning.

George Sugai's Links (blog post)
PBIS website PBIS Research Literature PBIS Past Conference Presentations

Universal Design Learning and School-wide Positive Behavior Support.
(PowerPoint presentation download)

Share these resources with your colleagues, including your school's technology coordinator, when planning for the new school year! If your school is implementing UDL and PBIS, feel free to leave a comment on this blog and links to where others can find more information.