a. Recognize learning styles and how to
adapt methods and materials for teaching in multiple environments.
b. Explore curricula for the development
of motor, cognitive, academic, social, language, affective,
career/vocational, and functional life skills.
c. Develop comprehensive, legally
compliant, individualized educational programs.
d. Design programs that involve the
individual and family in setting, sequencing, implementing, and
evaluating instructional goals.
e. Identify and use sources of
specialized materials, equipment, and assistive devices.
f. Utilize approaches for creating
positive learning environments.
g. Develop and select instructional
content materials, resources, and strategies that respond to
cultural, linguistic, and gender differences based on assessment
data.
h. Teach culturally responsive functional
life skills relevant to independence in the community, personal
living, and employment.
i. Teach students cognitive strategies
for facilitating maintenance and generalization of skills across
environments.
j. Design age appropriate instruction
based on the student’s adaptive skills.
k. Implement instructional techniques to
promote successful maintenance and generalization of skills to
make successful transitions.
l. Use verbal and non-verbal techniques
to establish and maintain student support.
m. Utilize research-supported
instructional strategies and practices.
n. Utilize research-supported
instructional practices, strategies, and adaptations necessary to
accommodate the physical and communication needs of individuals
with disabilities.
o. Interpret sensory, mobility, reflex,
perceptual, medical, and health information to create appropriate
learning plans.
p. Select and use assistive technologies
to accomplish instructional objectives and integrate them into
instructional process.
q. Select, adapt, and use instructional
strategies and materials according to characteristics of the
learner.
r. Assist students in the use of
adaptations and assistive technology that allows for participation
and access to curriculum in the general education curriculum.
s. Assist students in the use of
appropriate physical management supportive techniques after
consultation with health care specialists.
t. Assist students in the use and
maintenance of orthopedic, prosthetic, and adaptive equipment
after consultation with health care specialists.
u. Adapt lessons to reflect the physical
exertion of individuals with specialized health care needs.
v. Design and implement curriculum and
instructional strategies for medical self-management procedures by
students with specialized health care needs.
w. Integrate affective, social, life, and
career/vocational skills with academic curricula.
x. Provide appropriate instruction in
independent living skills, vocational skills, and career
education. (006.60 D.1-25)
