Instructional Practice in Special Education
Practice builds mastery only when it is purposeful. This 31-slide professional development resource separates purposeful practice from busy work and offers concrete strategies for modeling, language supports, and accessible instruction.
What's Inside
- 31 detailed slides on effective instructional practice in special education
- Why Quality Practice Drives Learning, with a Quality Practice to Learning Schema
- Purposeful Practice Design Schema: Busy Work vs. Purposeful Practice compared
- Student Modeling and Practice using the I Do / We Do / You Do framework
- Teach Expectations Before Enforcing — proactive vs. reactive approaches
- Visual Language Support Maps for building vocabulary and concept understanding
- What Language Supports Are: visual aids, graphic organizers, simplified sentences
- Support Examples Across Domains: Engagement, Representation, Action & Expression (UDL)
- Guidance on scaffolds, cognitive complexity, and removing barriers without lowering standards
- Practical routines: morning arrival checklists, group work starters, help-seeking scripts
How It Helps You
- Helps teachers design practice that actually builds skills
- Gives practical language supports and UDL examples
- Includes ready routines such as arrival checklists and help-seeking scripts
Ways to Use It
Use it for staff PD, instructional coaching, or co-planning with general education teachers.
Who It's For
Special and general education teachers, instructional coaches, paraprofessionals, and related service providers.
Format
Digital slide resource, 31 slides. Instant download.
Need more than one?
If you use professional development resources with your team, this course fits alongside many others on special education practice. The Special Education Courses Bundle includes this resource and more in one download, and you save 66% compared to buying each item separately.
