Michael Mongeau
Disability category
Strategy
Goal/Objective
When to use this strategy
Step by step instruction- How to use this
in a social studies classroom. You will
partner with a classmate to teach them
your strategy so be explicit and provide a
sample for your partner.
Assessment- How could this strategy be
used to evaluate student learning?
Citation
Multiple Disabilities (MD)
Individualized Curriculum/Teach to Strengths
Teach the student social skills and content area
knowledge through individualized curriculum units that
emphasize the students strengths, both in relation to
their personal interests as well as to the nature of their
disability.
As an instructor, you should try to link content to
students interests and abilities as much as possible. It is
necessary to link material to students abilities, and
advantageous to link it to students personal interests.
1). Through analysis of a students IEP, understand the
students strengths and weaknesses regarding their
disability
2). Tailor your instruction to students abilities, for
example, emphasizing oral assignments for students
who have vision impairments.
3). Discuss with the student at the beginning of the year
to understand their interests, both academic and non-
academic.
4). Attempt to modify your curriculum for this student to
include this interest, to increase interest in the subject
matter and effort in the classroom.
While creating individualized curriculum cannot be used
to evaluate student learning, however, by tailoring
instruction to a students strengths, it provides them
with the best opportunity to demonstrate what they
know.
Colorado Department of Education (2013, September).
Guidelines for the Determination of Eligibility for
a Child With an Intellectual Disability or Multiple
Disabilities. Retrieved from:
https://www.cde.state.co.us/cdesped/guidelien
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