A Five-Step Approach to Special Education and 'Universal Design Learning'

FOR THE SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS: Just as there are different paths up Yosemite’s Half Dome—for climbers of all levels—so too should there be different paths to help “atypical” students be successful. So argues edtech startup, Goalbook in a recent white paper, “Different Paths Up the Same Mountain.” The paper introduces a five-step approach to “Universal Design Learning” that can help you plan different ways to engage students of different abilities in standards-based instruction.