Universal Design for Learning

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This discussion thread is built on the exchanges earlier about teaching our

children. I wish NIMAS (National Instructional Materials Access Center) had been

established earlier in my sons' school careers.

NIMAS focuses on developing multiple types of instructional materials to be used

in the same classroom. In short, ACTUAL inclusive education.

This is the website where to begin.

http://nimas.cast.org/

Other places:

National Universal Design for Learning Task Force:

udl4allstudents.com

National Center on UDL:

udlcenter.org

Penny--Penny, this is listserve; listserve, this is my wife Penny--is working

with a group of parents of children with learning disabilities to prepare public

schools in our area for curriculum approaches that facilitate UDL. One of the

major selling points is that each child has an unique learning approaches, and

UDL enables a teacher to work with the child at his/her own level.

Naturally, this means more computers in the classroom. But that's a lot cheaper

than having multiple teachers in the classroom.

I'm advising everyone on our listserve, even those outside the United States, to

start getting informed.

We can do it! Our children can do it! No matter what their learning

disabilities.

Al Veerhoff, Kensington, MD, father of & Will, 18, identical twins with

DS.