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ACCOMMODATIONS

  • Effective Room Arrangement
    This group of case studies includes engaging scenarios to introduce students to important concepts regarding classroom arrangement for effective classroom management.

BEHAVIOR

  • Encouraging Appropriate Behavior
    This case study unit outlines positive behavior management techniques that can be employed with individual students who have behavioral concerns that are not effectively addressed by comprehensive classroom rules. It features scenarios of students at varying grade levels, ranging from elementary to high school.
  • Fostering Student Accountability For Classroom Work
    Through realistic classroom scenarios, this case study set introduces the five key components of an effective accountability system and offers guidance on how to implement these strategies in a classroom setting.
  • Norms and Expectations
    This case study set provides scenarios and strategies that focus on the establishment of classroom norms and expectations through the development of rules and procedures.

COLLABORATION

  • Beginning Teacher Support
    Providing effective strategies for the support of beginning teachers, this case study offers school leaders guidance for increasing the retention of beginning special educators.

DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION

  • Algebra (Part 1)
    This case study unit offers strategies for working with students with disabilities who have difficulty with beginning algebra. It provides information on strategies such as using algebra manipulatives, teaching vocabulary, and implementing graphic organizers.
  • Algebra (Part 2)
    This case study unit offers strategies for working with students with disabilities who have difficulty with algebra. It provides information on strategies such as using intermediate algebra manipulatives, teaching vocabulary, and implementing graphic organizers.
  • Early Reading
    This case study set offers realistic scenarios that introduce students to reading strategies appropriate for kindergarten and first grade classrooms.
  • Fluency and Word Identification
    This case study unit identifies strategies that may be implemented when students are having difficulties with word identification and fluency in the upper elementary grades.
  • Comprehension and Vocabulary
    This case study unit provides scenarios of students who are having difficulty with vocabulary and comprehension in the upper elementary grades. It provides a number of strategies that may be implemented with individual students as well as with larger groups.
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Faculty Note: Faculty guides for each case study unit are available upon request. Please email the IRIS Center at iris@vanderbilt.edu with the name of the case study for which you are requesting a faculty guide, your full name, title, and institutional affiliation.

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