IRIS CENTER (En español)

IRIS CENTER MATERIALS

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MODULES

Accessing the General Education Curriculum: Inclusion Considerations for Students with Disabilities
Accediendo al currículo de educación general:
Consideraciones para la inclusión de estudiantes con discapacidades
This module highlights classroom considerations that promote access to the general education curriculum for students with disabilities.
CSR: A Reading Comprehension Strategy
CSR: Una estrategia de la comprensión lectora
This module outlines Collaborative Strategic Reading (CSR), a strategy for helping students to improve their reading comprehension skills. In CSR, students work together in small groups to apply comprehension strategies as they read text from a content area, such as social studies or science.
Classroom Assessment (Part 1): An Introduction to Monitoring Academic Achievement in the Classroom
Evaluación en el salón de clases (primera parte): Una introducción al seguimiento del rendimiento académico en el salón de clases
This module discusses how progress monitoring can affect the academic outcomes of students, and it demonstrates how to implement curriculum-based measurement with a classroom of students.
PALS: A Reading Strategy for Grades 2–6
PALS: Una estrategia de lectura para los grados 2–6
This module outlines the benefits of implementing PALS for Grades 2–6, a peer tutoring strategy in which students work in pairs to strengthen their reading skills. Also included are step-by-step instructions for each of the three PALS activities as well as printable PALS materials.
What Do You See? Perceptions of Disability
¿Qué es lo que ve usted? Percepciones de discapacidades
This module encourages students to explore their own attitudes and beliefs about people with disabilities. It highlights the abilities of students with disabilities.
Who's in Charge? Developing a Comprehensive Behavior Management System
¿Quién está a cargo? Desarrollando un sistema global del manejo de la conducta
This module discusses the importance of establishing a comprehensive classroom behavior management system. It explores the dimensions of the PAR model.
RTI (Part 1): An Overview
RTI (parte 1): Una visión general
This module outlines the differences between the IQ-achievement discrepancy model and the Response-to-Intervention (RTI) approach. It also offers a brief overview of each tier in the RTI model and explains its benefits.
RTI (Part 3): Reading Instruction
RTI (parte 3): Instrucción de lectura
This module illustrates different research-based reading strategies that may be used with the Response-to-Intervention model to improve reading skills.
Using Learning Strategies: Instruction to Enhance Student Learning
Usar las estrategias de aprendizaje: Instrucción para mejorar el aprendizaje de los estudiantes
This module features the Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD) model, which outlines the six steps required to effectively implement any instructional strategy and emphasizes the time and effort required to do so.
You're in Charge! Developing Your Own Comprehensive Behavior Management Plan
¡Usted está a cargo! Desarrollar un plan global del manejo de la conducta
This module neatly complements the first behavior module, encouraging students to create and print rules and procedures for their own classrooms based on the PAR model.

CASE STUDIES

Effective Room Arrangement
Arreglo eficaz del salón de clases
This group of case studies includes engaging scenarios to introduce students to important concepts regarding classroom arrangement for effective classroom management.
Norms and Expectations
Estableciendo normas y expectativas en el salón de clases
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.
Early Reading
Lectura temprana
This case study set offers realistic scenarios that introduce students to reading strategies appropriate for Kindergarten and first-grade classrooms.
Encouraging Appropriate Behavior
Promover el comportamiento apropiado
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.
Fostering Student Accountability for Classroom Work
Promoviendo la responsibilidad del estudiante ante las tareas del salón de clases
Through realistic classroom scenarios, this case study set introduces five key components of an effective accountability system and offers guidance on how to implement these strategies in a classroom setting.

ACTIVITIES: INDEPENDENT

Attitudes (PDF 112k)
Actitudes (PDF 112)
To understand how different worldviews toward disabilities affect attitudes (Approx. 4 Hours).
ADHD (PDF 132k)
TDAH ("ADHD") (PDF 132k)
Examine the issues related to the delivery of special education services to children with ADHD (Approx. 1.5 Hours).
Daily Living Skills (PDF 103k)
Habilidades de la vida diaria (PDF 103k)
Gain a better understanding of how a disability can affect a person's daily living skills Approx. 6 Weeks).
Transition (PDF 111k)
Transición (PDF 111k)
Understand the myriad factors that are at play when you help students with disabilities explore different vocational choices (Approx. 50 Minutes).

ACTIVITIES: CLASS DISCUSSION

Attitudes (PDF 116k)
Actitudes (PDF 116k)
Understand how different cultural worldviews toward disabilities affect people's attitudes (Approx. 50 Minutes).
Hearing (PDF 108k)
Auditiva (PDF 108k)
Gain a better understanding of the limitations that often affect people with hearing disabilities Approx. 1.5 Hours).
Changes in the Number of Students Served Under IDEA Over Time (PDF 208k)
Cambios en el número de estudiantes servidos bajo IDEA con el paso del tiempo (PDF 208)
Understand that the number of identified students vary by disability, learn to describe the different prevalence rates of students with disabilities assigned to various special education categories, and identify the factors that influence changes in prevalence rates.
State-by-State Differences in the Prevalence Rates of the Individual Disability Categories (PDF 204k)
Diferencias por estado en las tasas de prevalencia de las categorías individuales de discapacidades (PDF 204)
Understand that identification rates for individual disability categories vary widely by state, and learn that this variability is, in part, dependent upon the state's definition of each disability.
Cultural Perceptions (PDF 113k)
Percepciones culturales (PDF 113k)
Enhance your cultural sensitivity and increase your awareness of how individuals and their cultures can be misunderstood (Approx. 50 Minutes).
Social Views (PDF 112k)
Opiniones sociales (PDF 112k)
Enhance your cultural sensitivity and increase your awareness of how individuals and their cultures can be misunderstood (Approx. 50 Minutes).
Bias and the Law (PDF 114k)
Prejuicios y leyes (PDF 114k)
Gain a better understanding of disabilities and special education through discussion questions (Approx. 50 Minutes).
Prevalence Rates of Individual Disability Categories (PDF 112k)
Tasas de prevalencia de categorías individuales de discapacidades (PDF 112)
Understand that the number of students receiving special education services varies by disability, and also gain a better understanding of the concepts of high- and low-incidence disabilities.
Values and Disabilities (PDF 164k)
Valores y discapacidades (PDF 164k)
Gain a better understanding of how cultural values affect people's perceptions about disabilities (Approx. 45 Minutes).

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