Training Resources:

Click on a link below to download an e-book (word document):

Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
Jungle Book - Rudyard
Peter Rabbit - Beatrix Potter
Uncle Tom's Cabin - Harriet Beecher Stowe
Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain
Around the World - Jules Verne

Other Training Resources:
Spelling Samples

Implementation Assistance:

Training teachers and students on how to use software such as Read and Write Gold is only the beginning when trying to implement Universal Design for Learning (UDL).  Although Read and Write Gold can be used to assist in implementation, the program itself is not UDL. Keep in mind that UDL is used to prevent barriers from occuring in the first place, and to give ALL students better access to the curriculum. It is not a tool to give to students who cannot do the work others are doing.

Keeping the above in mind when designing lesson plans, teachers should move away from many traditional approaches to teaching. Instead of instructing students to read a chapter and answer the questions at the end, the teacher should instruct students to read, listen, view a video, research on the internet, or view a power point on the lesson at hand, and then write, present, construct, or type their responses. In doing this, a student who has trouble reading may use a textreader to have information read from the internet out loud. Or, a student with low vision may listen to an interview being conducted on the subject. Both of these examples give students who did not have access to the curriculum before the ability to complete their assignments just as any other student would.

Making the curriuculum accessible for all students requires planning in advance. Below is a list of resources from the CAST Organization that can assist teachers in implementing Universal Design for Learning in their classrooms.

Planning for All Learners
UDL Goal Setter
Class Profile Maker
UDL Solutions Finder
Helpful UDL PowerPoints
Teaching Every Student with UDL