Author Archives: Toby Karten

Support Disability Rights throughout the World Please ask your Senators to vote to ratify the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities!

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disABILITY Awareness WebQuests

Excellent way to explore disABILITIES to support your inclusion programs with your students: Check out this site for K-12 curriculum related ones or create and post your own!

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R.E.S.P.E.C.T.

The United States Government now has a project entitled RESPECT with the letters standing for:   Recognizing   Educational   Success   Professional   Excellence   and   Collaborative   Teaching   This project aims to transform the profession by … Continue reading

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Yes, I Can! DisABILITY Lessons by Toby Karten

Read-about-passionate-fearless-energetic-determined-and-enthusiastic-kids-who-spin-their-disABILITIES-into-successful-outcomes! YesICan! Inspirational Attitudes Prevail!  

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Strategies to Include Students: Individual Fingerprints with UDL

This video has an overview of how students’ unique fingerprints require educators to minimize the barriers and maximize the learning with flexible curriculum that offers more than access, but challenging work that fuels all students’ interests.  

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Dive into these CCSS resources!

IDEA Partnership’s Collaborative Work on Common Core State Standards  

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Universal Design for Learning

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a way for students with disabilities to access the knowledge and skills in classrooms. The UDL principles are based upon neuroscience with a belief that curriculum should be diversely presented by educators and expressed … Continue reading

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Lessons to be Learned from CEC’s Yes I Can Ceremony!

These Wordles depict the most popular comments from Council for Exceptional Children’s Yes I Can Ceremony on 4/13/12 in Denver. They offer visual insights on how these remarkable young individuals achieved such incredible feats. YES, YOU certainly CAN! Congratulations to … Continue reading

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Ways for Families to Support the Learning

Family and School Connections Read on to find out what happens when the learning takes a walk….

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What is inclusion and how can co teaching help?

Thoughts from Hackettsown School District from elementary to middle school and high school: Inclusion is a school version of society as a whole. Co-teachers benefit from each other’s expertise and are able to better service all needs! Inclusion is my … Continue reading

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