Differentiating Instruction for Students With Learning Disabilities (Multimedia Kit): A Multimedia Kit for Professional Development

Designed around the updated edition of the best-selling book Differentiating Instruction for Students With Learning Disabilities, this comprehensive multimedia kit offers staff developers print and visual tools to demonstrate effective differentiated and brain-compatible teaching methods for students with learning disabilities, at-risk students, or youngsters who may have learning difficulties. Facilitators will be able to lead discussions on how to: Support learners through flexible, practical lessons Improve students′ skills in reading comprehension, language arts, and math Use metacognitive and scaffolded learning techniques such as webbing, cubing, and tiering Enhance social skills through group projects, role play, and practical peer-tutoring systems Highlighting new information on topics ranging from the reauthorization of IDEA 2004 and Response to Intervention to brain research, reading instruction, and universal design for learning, this revised multimedia resource contains: The research-based, updated edition of the companion book, Differentiating Instruction for Students With Learning Disabilities, providing the foundational framework for individualized instruction A 42-minute, content-rich VHS video featuring William N. Bender with elementary, middle, and high school master teachers who use a variety of differentiated strategies to engage students with a wide range of abilities A companion DVD with navigational menus and bullets for easy stop-and-search control of the video content A step-by-step Facilitator′s Guide that connects the core content of the book to both the video and DVD and includes video/DVD segment prompts, workshop outlines, extended workshop activities, discussion questions, and key points

Table of Contents:
Introduction Structuring a Successful Workshop Initial Workshop Activities General Discussion of Differentiation Viewing/Discussing the Video An Alternative Introductory Workshop Activity Listserv Discussion Participation 1. What Is Differentiated Instruction? Major Points General Discussion Questions Workshop Activity Ideas 2. Universal Design for Differentiation: Organizing the Class for Differentiation and Personal Responsibility for Learning Major Points General Discussion Questions Workshop Activity Ideas 3. Differentiating the Learning Process: Metacognition and Scaffolded Instruction Major Points General Discussion Questions Workshop Activity Ideas 4. Learning Strategy Training Major Points General Discussion Questions Workshop Activity Ideas 5. Peer Tutoring in the Inclusive Classroom: Differentiate Instruction and Increasing Instructional Time Major Points General Discussion Questions Workshop Activity Ideas 6. Response to Intervention: Performance Monitoring for Differentiating Instruction Major Points General Discussion Questions Workshop Activity Ideas 7. Differentiation in Reading and Literacy Instruction Major Points General Discussion Questions Workshop Activity Ideas 8. Implementing Differentiated Instruction General Discussion Questions Workshop Activity Ideas Resource: A Differentiated Lesson in Math I. Introduction II. Guided Instruction III. Guided Practice IV. Independent Practice V. Check VI. Reteach to a Smaller Group of Kids Who Don′t Have It

About the Author :
William N. Bender, PhD, has had a long and distinguished career in education, teaching in public school for several years and in higher education for some 26 years at Blue?eld State College in West Virginia, Rutgers University in New Jersey, and the University of Georgia. He has written 36 books in special and general education. With his retirement, he has stepped back from his rigorous workshop schedule, which as recently as 2016 included some 40 workshop days per year. While the COVID-19 pandemic impacted his work, he has written four historical ?ction novels and several educational books in recent years. He has delivered several professional development projects, including most recently a keynote for a virtual conference on project-based learning in Brazil in conjunction with his Corwin book Project-Based Learning (2012). Learn more about William Bender′s PD offerings Consulting Description: Differentiated Instruction Consulting Description: Math Consulting Description: Project-Based Learning Consulting Description: RTI Consulting Description: Technology