Special Needs

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).

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.

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.

Educators gain practical, research-based educational tools to explicitly grow and teach executive function. Designed for secondary students, this book helps teachers support students, increase independence, and create calmer and more effective classrooms—where students manage time, advocate for themselves, and thrive independently.

This resource offers practical strategies to support students with disabilities in the arts. It provides guidance on reducing barriers, encouraging creativity, and fostering inclusive learning environments, ensuring all students can explore their potential and thrive in arts education.

You’re more than an assistant; you’re a classroom hero. This essential guide helps paraprofessionals navigate their role with confidence and purpose. Written by a principal who started as a paraprofessional, it provides practical strategies for managing student behavior, collaborating with teachers, and finding joy in your vital work.

Create more effective co-teaching partnerships with this comprehensive guide. Matthew Treadway helps general and special educators develop a purposeful, sequential approach to co-teaching. Gain strategies that break down instruction into six essential stages to promote equitable learning for all.

Carrie Chapman, PhD, is a faculty member in the Educational Studies: K–12 and Secondary Programs Department at Minnesota State University, Mankato. She is also the College of Education co-teaching coordinator.

Cate Hart Hyatt has spent more than 30 years as an educator, teaching preschool through graduate school students. She is a research associate for the Center on Education and Lifelong Learning at the Indiana Institute on Disability and Community at Indiana University.

Yazmin Pineda Zapata, EdD, is a program specialist and teacher leader at Health Sciences High and Middle College in California. Her expertise in delivering special education services allows her to advocate for students in grades K–12 with varying learning differences.