Product Overview
Specially Designed Instruction (SDI) is a type of instruction enumerated in a student’s Individualized Education Program (IEP). It is a dynamic, student-centered approach that fosters equity by ensuring the student has what they need to learn, interact, and thrive.
This new guide by renowned inclusion expert Toby Karten distinguishes SDI from general classroom accommodations and modifications, highlighting its individualized and intensive approach, and explores how SDI connects to inclusion principles such as providing accommodations and modifications, multisensory learning, multi-disciplinary collaboration, fostering student self-awareness, differentiating instruction and assessment, and maintaining a positive learning environment.
This quick-reference, tri-fold laminated guide provides practical strategies for implementing SDI supports and services in inclusive classrooms so that K-12 students with disabilities achieve success with IEP goals to make progress with the general education curriculum. It also includes sections on collaboratively implementing SDI and ongoing SDI monitoring and data use, making it an indispensable resource for general and special education teachers and multidisciplinary teams.
Toby Karten is a consummate educator who has instructed learners in the field of special education since 1976, is a strong advocate for highlighting students’ strengths with research-based inclusion strategies. Her diversified experience includes being a staff developer, mentor, resource and inclusion teacher, an adjunct professor, author, inclusion coach, and international consultant for populations of learners ranging from preschool to adult levels.
Toby has been recognized by both the Council for Exceptional Children and the New Jersey Department of Education as an exemplary educator, receiving two “Teacher of the Year” awards. She is frequently invited to speak at local, state, national, and international staff development workshops and conferences. Her best-selling publications and teacher resources highlight sensitivities and proactive inclusion strategies that correlate students’ abilities with the skills and curriculum knowledge they need. Her publications include numerous books published by National Professional Resources (NPR), ASCD, Corwin, and Solution Tress, and several laminated guides published by NPR.
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