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Special Education Materials
Vaughn Gross Center professional development guides, videos, CD-ROMs, and booklets cover various topics related to effective, research-based reading instruction. They are listed below.
Professional development guides include the following materials for workshop presenters:
- Presentation slides, which present key points and activities, offered in two formats: overhead transparencies and Adobe PDF presentations
- Speaker's notes and activities to accompany the presentation slides
- Informational and notetaking handouts for participants
- References
indicates that the guide has been adapted for special education.
Special Education
K–12
- Coordinating for Reading Instruction: General Education and Special Education Working Together (also known as the “Co-Teaching Booklet”)
- Instructional Decision-making Procedures: Ensuring Appropriate Instruction for Struggling Students in Grades K-3
Primary
- Phonological Awareness: Principles for Instruction and Progress Monitoring
- Reading Fluency: Principles for Instruction and Progress Monitoring
- Special Education Reading Project (SERP) Elementary Institute, Parts I & II — Effective Instruction for Elementary Struggling Readers: Research-Based Practices (with video) (not available for download)
- Special Education Reading Project (SERP) Elementary Institute for Students Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Parts I & II — Effective Instruction for Elementary Struggling Readers Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing: Research-Based Practices (with video) (not available for download)
- Special Education Reading Project (SERP) Elementary Institute for Students Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired, Parts I & II — Effective Instruction for Elementary Struggling Readers Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired: Research-Based Practices (with video) (not available for download)
- Special Education Reading Project (SERP) Elementary Institute for Administrators, Effective Instruction for Elementary Struggling Readers: The Administrator's Role in Supporting Research-Based Practices (with video) (not available for download)
- Word Analysis: Principles for Instruction and Progress Monitoring
Secondary
- Enhancing Reading Comprehension for Secondary Students
- Enhancing Learning through Reading and Writing Strategies in the Content Areas (Revised)
- Enhancing Vocabulary Instruction for Secondary Students
- Enhancing Writing Instruction for Secondary Students
- Special Education Reading Project (SERP) Secondary Institute, Parts I & II— Effective Instruction for Secondary Struggling Readers: Research-Based Practices (with video) (not available for download)
- Special Education Reading Project (SERP) Secondary Institute for Administrators, Effective Instruction for Secondary Struggling Readers: The Administrator's Role in Supporting Research-Based Practices (with video) (not available for download)
- Teaching the Viewing and Representing Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills in the English Language Arts Curriculum