{"id":3336,"date":"2011-09-06T06:00:38","date_gmt":"2011-09-06T11:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/?p=3336"},"modified":"2019-03-27T14:28:44","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T19:28:44","slug":"inclusive-curriculum-a-step-towards-accommodating-all-learners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/inclusive-curriculum-a-step-towards-accommodating-all-learners\/","title":{"rendered":"Inclusive Curriculum &#8211; A Step Towards Accommodating All Learners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/professionallearningboard.com\/blog\/\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"check_out_the_new_blog\" title=\"Check Out the New Blog\" alt=\"Check Out the New Blog\"  src=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/images\/check_out_the_new_blog.jpg\"><\/a> <span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/0906inclusive-curriculum.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3337\" style=\"border: 4px solid black; margin: 5px 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/0906inclusive-curriculum.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/0906inclusive-curriculum.jpg 300w, https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/0906inclusive-curriculum-285x300.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Individuals with physical or sensory disabilities may encounter barriers when using traditional materials such as books, paper and pencil, keyboards, audiotapes without text equivalents, or videos lacking captions or audio descriptions. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Broadly speaking, ensuring physical access to the curriculum includes enabling sensory and motor access (such as the ability to see text and images, hear sound and speech, and manipulate materials and expressive tools). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Students need both physical and cognitive access to an inclusive curriculum in order to succeed. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\"><br \/>\nExamples of cognitive access to the inclusive curriculum includes the ability to understand assignments, plan approaches to and execute tasks, use materials effectively, comprehend content presented in various media, organize work, understand and use feedback, and express ideas effectively. All learners (especially those with learning disabilities, attention deficits, developmental disabilities, or affective difficulties) may encounter barriers when instructional materials are not designed in a flexible manner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>How does your curriculum provide for all types of learners?<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>From Professional Learning Board\u2019s online continuing education course for teachers: <\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/accommodating-all-learners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Accommodating All Learners<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>  Individuals with physical or sensory disabilities may encounter barriers when using traditional materials such as books, paper and pencil, keyboards, audiotapes without text equivalents, or videos lacking captions or audio descriptions. Broadly speaking, ensuring physical access to the curriculum includes enabling sensory and motor access (such as the ability to see text and [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1335,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,38],"tags":[294,65,293,225,253,295],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3336"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1335"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3336"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24832,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3336\/revisions\/24832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}