LRP Media Group, a recognized leader in the special education publishing industry, has released an update of Serving Students With Severe and Multiple Disabilities: A Guide to Strategies for Successful Learning — Second Edition. The 2021 version includes substantial new discussion concerning how administrators can play a key role in ensuring these students receive sufficiently challenging educational programs while reducing the likelihood of lawsuits through setting a vision and boosting professional development.
The updated pamphlet includes new strategies for developing standards-based IEPs; tips on using assistive technology to increase student communication and environmental access; and detailed, student-specific examples. The pamphlet incorporates input from teachers, special education support staff, and administrators on solutions to various challenges in effectively serving this group of students.
“This pamphlet is essential for district and school administrators seeking to create effective instructional programs for, and meet their legal obligations to, students with severe and multiple disabilities,” said Joseph L. Pfrommer, Esq., legal editor at LRP.
The 2021 update also helps districts to:
- Strengthen school-home partnerships to advance students’ outcomes.
- Train paraeducators to deliver non-intrusive, optimal support to enable development of student independence.
- Implement best-practice instructional and behavioral techniques guided by the latest research.
- Incorporate universal design for learning principles.
- Use self-regulation and calming teaching techniques to strengthen students’ executive function skills.
Serving Students With Severe and Multiple Disabilities: A Guide to Strategies for Successful Learning —Second Edition is available for purchase from LRP Publications’ online store.
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