Come join us for an exciting virtual workshop to learn strategies designed to engage all K-12 students through Specialized Academic Instruction (SAI). Special educators will walk away with a thorough understanding of how inclusive education improves outcomes for students with both mild/moderate and moderate/severe needs and how to make the curriculum accessible to all learners. Participants will leave with a tool kit of useful strategies that can be implemented immediately and be able to:

• Define inclusion and understand the supporting research and state priorities
• Differentiate between accommodations and modifications
• Define what SAI is and is not
• Apply specific strategies to effectively teach math, ELA, and promote engagement and attention to all students
• Access free teaching resources on-line
• Use backwards mapping to derive appropriate goals for students in inclusive settings
• Plan for curriculum adaptations for fully-included students who require more individual supports to access the general curriculum