# IRIS: The IRIS Center is a national center dedicated to improving education outcomes for all children, especially those with disabilities birth through age twenty\-one, through the use of effective evidence\-based practices and interventions\.

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## Pages
- [Tips for Using IRIS Resources](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/resources/faculty/tips-for-using-iris-resources/)
- [PD Certificates for Educators](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/pd-hours/earn-pd-hours/)
- [IRIS and Adult Learning Theory](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/resources/pd-providers/iris-and-adult-learning-theory/)
- [PD Certificates for Educators](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/resources/pd-providers/pd-certificates-for-educators/)
- [Website Navigation Videos](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/resources/website-navigation-videos/)

## Products
- [Early Childhood Behavior Management: Developing and Teaching Rules](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/product/ecbm/): \<p\>\<span\> \</span\>In \<i\>Early Childhood Behavior Management: Developing and Teaching Rules \</i\>\(http://iris\.peabody\.vanderbilt\.edu/module/ecbm/\), you’ll meet Mrs\. Rodriguez, a preschool teacher at Morningside Elementary School, who is beginning to notice some significant shortcomings in her school’s approach to behavior management\. Mrs\. Rodriguez thinks that some things need to change, but what? \</p\>
\<p\>In \<i\>Early Childhood Behavior Management: Developing and Teaching Rules\</i\>, users will find: \</p\>
\<ul\>
	\<li\>Information on how to create developmentally appropriate behavior rules for early childhood classrooms so that they link to a given school’s behavior expectations \</li\>
	\<li\>An emphasis on the importance of communicating with families about rules and expected behaviors \</li\>
	\<li\>Details about strategies for teaching and reinforcing rules for young children \</li\>
	\<li\>Audio interviews with experts in the field ML Hemmeter, Co\-Faculty Director of the Susan Gray School for Children at Vanderbilt University, and Amanda Peirick, Lead Teacher at Susan Gray School \</li\>
	\<li\>Specific information that addresses the relevant DEC Recommended Practices \(RP\) topic areas related to Environment, Family, and Instruction \</li\>
\</ul\>
- [Related Services: Common Supports for Students with Disabilities](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/product/rs/): \<p\>\<span\> \</span\>In \<i\>Related Services: Common Supports for Students with Disabilities\</i\>, you’ll learn more about the nature of related services, the supportive services or activities necessary for some students with disabilities to maximize their educational outcomes\. Learn what related services are for, what they do, and who delivers them to whom\. This resource was created with the invaluable assistance of the American\-Speech\-Language\-Hearing Association \(ASHA\), the American Occupational Therapy Association \(AOTA\), the American Physical Therapy Association \(APTA\), the National Association of School Psychologists \(NASP\), and the School Social Work Association of America \(SSWAA\)\. \</p\>
\<p\>The \<i\>Related Services: Common Supports for Students with Disabilities \</i\>Module provides an overview of related services and includes: \</p\>
\<ul\>
	\<li\>The process through which necessary related services are identified \</li\>
	\<li\>Options for the provision of related services \</li\>
	\<li\>Some of the common roles of related service providers \</li\>
	\<li\>Videos of related service personnel working with students in classrooms and school settings \</li\>
\</ul\>
\<div\>\</div\>
- [Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities: Supports in the General Education Classroom](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/product/scd/)
- [RTI \(Part 4\): Putting It All Together](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/product/rti04-alltogether/): \<p\>In this Module, Mr\. Brewster learns how to implement all of the components of the RTI approach\. He also discovers how to effectively meet the needs of struggling readers in his second\-grade class, how to prevent reading failure in students, and how to identify those students who have learning disabilities\. Use the Module to learn about:\</p\>
\<ul\>
	\<li\>Training and preparation\</li\>
	\<li\>Coordination of assessmentprocedures and high\-quality reading instruction \</li\>
	\<li\>Other considerations\</li\>
\</ul\>
\<div\>\</div\>
- [RTI \(Part 2\): Assessment](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/product/rti-part-2-assessment/): \<p\>Review the steps of the assessment process for each tier of the standard protocol approach with Mrs\. Hernandez, and learn how to use the assessment data to make instructional or tier decisions\. Learn about:\</p\>
\<ul\>
	\<li\>Universal screening\</li\>
	\<li\>Progress monitoring\</li\>
	\<li\>Data\-based decision making\</li\>
\</ul\>
\<div\>\</div\>

## Modules
- [Page 3: Evidence\-Based Mathematics Practices](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/math/cresource/q1/p03/)
- [Page 6: Establishing Interagency Collaboration](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/tran-ic/cresource/q3/p06/)
- [Wrap Up](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/rti04/cwrap/)
- [Page 11: Troubleshooting](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/rti04/cresource/q3/p11/)
- [Page 10: Communicating with Students, School Personnel, and Parents](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/rti04/cresource/q3/p10/)

## Fundamental Skill Sheets
- [Virtual Instruction: Precorrection](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/fss/virtual-instruction-precorrection/)
- [Wait\-Time](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/fss/wait-time/)
- [Virtual Instruction: Behavior\-Specific Praise](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/fss/virtual-instruction-behavior-specific-praise/)
- [Proximity Control](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/fss/proximity-control/)
- [High\-Probability Requests](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/fss/high-probability-requests/)

## Case Studies
- [Effective Room Arrangement: Elementary](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/case-study/effective-room-arrangement-elementary/)
- [Effective Room Arrangement: Middle \& High School](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/case-study/effective-room-arrangement-middle-high/)
- [Measuring Behavior](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/case-study/measuring-behavior/)
- [Algebra \(Part 1\): Applying Learning Strategies to Beginning Algebra](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/case-study/algebra-part-1-applying-learning-strategies-to-beginning-algebra/)
- [Written Expression: Grades 2–5](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/case-study/written-expression-grades-2-5/)

## Activities
- [Visual Impairment: Simulation](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/activity/visual-impairment-simulation/)
- [English Learners: Working with Families of Young Children](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/activity/dual-language-learners-working-with-families-of-young-children/)
- [English Learners: Understanding BICS and CALP](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/activity/english-language-learners-understanding-bics-and-calp/)
- [English Learners with Disabilities: Supporting Young Children in the Classroom](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/activity/dual-language-learners-with-disabilities-supporting-young-children-in-the-classroom/)
- [Asthma](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/activity/asthma/)

## Interviews
- [Student\-Centered Transition Planning](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/interview/student-centered-transition-planning/)
- [Universal Design for Learning \(UDL\): Creating an Equitable Classroom](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/interview/universal-design-for-learning-udl-creating-an-equitable-classroom/)
- [Evaluating English Learners](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/interview/evaluating-dual-language-learners/)
- [Considerations for English Learners](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/interview/considerations-for-dual-language-learners/)
- [Cultural and Linguistic Differences](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/interview/ford_cul_ling_diff/)

## Information Briefs
- [Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder \(ADHD\)](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/information-brief/attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder-adhd/)
- [Differentiated Instruction](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/information-brief/differentiated-instruction/)
- [IEP Team Members](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/information-brief/iep-team-members/)
- [Autism Spectrum Disorder](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/information-brief/autism-spectrum-disorder/)
- [Progress Monitoring: Mastery Measurement vs\. General Outcome Measurement](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/information-brief/progress-monitoring-mastery-measurement-vs-general-outcome-measurement/)

## Video Vignettes
- [Autism: Meet Joseph \(high school student\)](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/video-vignette/autism-meet-joseph-high-school-student/)
- [Later Autism Diagnosis: Evelyn’s Journey](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/video-vignette/later-autism-diagnosis-evelyns-journey/)
- [Early Autism Diagnosis: Noah’s Journey](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/video-vignette/early-autism-diagnosis-noahs-journey/)
- [Autism: Meet Rogan \(elementary school student\)](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/video-vignette/autism-meet-rogan-elementary-school-student/)
- [Behavior Has Meaning](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/video-vignette/behavior-has-meaning/)

## Home Stories
- [IRIS in Alabama: An Alternative Certification Route for Teachers](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/stories/iris-in-alabama-an-alternative-certification-route-for-teachers/)
- [IRIS \& the Alabama SDE: Addressing Behavior](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/stories/iris-the-alabama-spdg-addressing-behavior/)
- [IRIS in Oklahoma: Boot Camps to Address Teacher Shortages](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/stories/iris-in-oklahoma-boot-camps-to-address-teacher-shortages/)
- [IRIS on Their Minds: The University of North Georgia and IRIS Modules](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/stories/iris-on-their-minds-the-university-of-north-georgia-and-iris-modules/)
- [Using IRIS to Mentor First\-Year Teachers](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/stories/using-iris-to-mentor-first-year-teachers/)

## Home Events
- [2026 TN Statewide Special Education \& Student Support Access Conference](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/news-and-events/2026-tn-statewide-special-education-student-support-access-conference/)
- [FREE Summer Webinar](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/news-and-events/free-spring-summer-webinars/)
- [National Charter School Conference \(NCSC26\)](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/news-and-events/national-charter-school-conference-ncsc26/)
- [AACTE 2026 and the NACCTEP Pre\-Conference](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/news-and-events/aacte-2026-and-the-nacctep-pre-conference/)
- [National ESEA Conference 2026](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/news-and-events/national-esea-conference-2026/)

## Miscellaneous
- [cc tool](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/mcontent/cc-tool/)
- [activity build blank](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/mcontent/activity_parent-2/activity-build-blank/)
- [ACTIVITY\_PARENT](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/mcontent/activity_parent-2/)
- [Encouraging Appropriate Behavior](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/mcontent/case-study-wacm-parent/encouraging-appropriate-behavior/)
- [Defining Behavior](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/mcontent/case-study-wacm-parent/defining-behavior/)

## Category
- [Events](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/news-events-category/events/)
- [Announcements](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/news-events-category/announcements/)
- [New Resources](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/news-events-category/new-resources/)
- [Press Releases](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/news-events-category/press-releases/)
- [In the Press](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/news-events-category/in-the-press/)

## Product categories
- [Behavior and Classroom Management](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/product-category/behavior-and-classroom-management/)
- [Assessment](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/product-category/assessment-2/)
- [Learning Strategies](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/product-category/learning-strategies/)
- [IEP](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/product-category/iep/)
- [Disability](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/product-category/disability/)

## Product tags
- [behavior](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/product-tag/behavior/)
- [classroom management](https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/product-tag/classroom-management/)

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