Dealing with Differences Workshop

Description of the workshop
This is a two-day awareness level workshop that provides tools and strategies for using accommodations to improve the performance of students with special learning needs. While the workshop emphasizes planning instruction in regular classroom settings, the methods described may be applied across all types of educational settings.

Target audience
This workshop is designed for teachers in regular education and teachers who are new to exceptional student education (ESE). It is also beneficial for guidance counselors, speech pathologists, and other educators who work with students who have special learning needs.

To schedule training, contact

• Your local FDLRS Associate Center at http://www.fdlrs.com/
• Your regional Florida Inclusion Network (FIN) office at http://www.floridainclusionnetwork.com/
• Jan McKay, Learning Systems Institute, FSU (phone: 850-921-0695, email: jmckay@lsi.fsu.edu)

Dealing with Differences Trainer Resources

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Color transparencies in PDF format (89 slides, 468 KB)

Color transparencies in PowerPoint format

• For Mac OS 9 (89 slides, 636 KB)
• For Mac OS 10 (89 slides, 688 KB)
• For Windows 2000 (89 slides, 640 KB)
• For Windows XP (89 slides, 652 KB)

Frequently Asked Questions (PDF, 6 pages, 116 KB)

Additional resources:

Condensed Daily Overview: detailed timeline of the two-day workshop that shows activities, trainer roles, and materials needed (PDF, 13 pages, 124 KB)

Notebook Quick List: Handout T2, a brief checklist of five kinds of classroom accommodations (PDF, 1 page, 52 KB)

Accommodations Checklist: Handout T3, a detailed checklist that relates five kinds of classroom accommodations to student needs (PDF, 9 pages, 136 KB)

Critical Concerns Wall Charts for Activity 7 (PDF, 6 pages, legal size-11x17", 28 KB)

Areas of Accommodations Wall Charts for Activity 3 (PDF, 5 pages, legal size-11x17", 36 KB)

Certificate of Completion: This MS Word document downloads to your desktop. You may have to open it in Word. Then type in workship location, dates, and participants' names; save and print. (MS Word document, 1 page, 28 KB)

Accommodations: Assisting Students with Disabilities, A Guide for Educators:
a manual with information about eligibility, effective instruction and teaching strategies, changes teachers can make in the classroom, and using the individual educational plan (IEP) to plan accommodations for students (PDF, 82 pages, 612 KB)

Ordering information
Accommodations: Assisting Students with Disabilities, A Guide for Educators is also available from the Clearinghouse Information Center, Florida Department of Education, Room 628 Turlington Building, Tallahassee, FL 32399-0400, Phone 850-245-0477, FAX 850-245-0987. (Publication number ESE 10522)