Special Needs

This book is designed for K–12 school leaders in various settings. Discover strategies to support special education teachers and manage successful special education programs. Focus areas include highlighting the power of connections, professional learning, collaboration, co-teaching, and leveraging technology for special education success.

Be brave and shift the mindset—inclusion begins with recognizing all students as general education students. This book provides educators with practical tools, research, and renewed motivation to champion all learners. Organized around learning, living, and leading, it offers deeper dives into Yes We Can! practices, emphasizing how to implement them effectively.

Geared toward a collaborative approach, this book equips educators to write effective individualized education plans (IEPs). The authors break down IEPs to provide a practical working knowledge of how collaborative teams can create stronger IEPs, leading to more robust instruction and learning.

As co-teaching becomes more commonplace, there is a need for change. This book walks educators through building relationships and creating an accord between co-teachers. Using a blend of research-based co-teaching strategies and cutting-edge instructional practices, teachers can learn to prepare their students to be lifelong learners in a dynamic world.

Cultivate an environment that creates successful inclusion classrooms. Use this framework to help strengthen self-efficacy and accommodate students with diverse abilities. Dive into evidence-based practices and strategies to assess, delineate, model, instruct, reflect, and engage the skill sets of all learners.

Rely on the second edition of this user-friendly guide to help you provide a strong learning path for all students, with a focus on special needs. This resource provides key instructional strategies educators can use to create an inclusive classroom using social-emotional learning (SEL) and a multitiered system of support (MTSS).