Universal Design for Learning in the Early Childhood Classroom focuses on proactively designing PreK through Grade 3 classroom environments, instruction, and assessments that are flexible enough to ensure that teachers can accommodate the needs of all the students in their classrooms. Typically developing students, gifted students, students who are impacted by poverty, children who speak multiple languages or have a home language that is different than the classroom language, and students with identified or potential developmental or learning disabilities are all covered within this highly practical, easy-to-use guide to UDL in the early years.
Author(s): Pamela Brillante, Karen Nemeth
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2017
Universal Design for Learning in the Early Childhood Classroom- Front Cover
Universal Design for Learning in the Early Childhood Classroom
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Meet the Authors
Chapter 1: Welcome to This Book and How to Use It
Schools Are Changing—What Does That Mean to a Teacher?
What Teachers Need to Know and Be Able to Do in Schools of the Future
Special Features in This Book
Chapter 2: Using UDL as a Framework: Providing
Multiple Means of Representation
What Does This Mean to a Teacher?
Guided Questions
Multiple Means of Representation—Classroom Design
Multiple Means of Representation—Learning Materials
Multiple Means of Representation—Technology and Digital Resources
Chapter 3: Using UDL as a Framework: Providing
Multiple Means of Action and Expression
What Does This Mean to a Teacher?
Guided Questions
Core Considerations of DAP for Action and Expression
Action and Expression in the Early Childhood Classroom
Multiple Means of Action and Expression—Active Learning
Multiple Means of Action and Expression—Routines and Schedules
Multiple Means of Action and Expression—Ongoing Assessment
Multiple Means of Action and Expression—Teacher Resources
Chapter 4: Using UDL as a Framework: Providing
Multiple Means of Engagement
What Does This Mean to a Teacher?
Guided Questions
Multiple Means of Engagement
Chapter 5: Where We Are Now and Where We
Need to Go
Guided Questions
All Together Now—The New Normal
Children from Different Experiences
Children from Different Cultures
Children with Different Abilities and Disabilities
Children Who Speak Different Languages
Why Is UDL, and Especially DECAL, so Important?
Chapter 6: Professional Development Resources:
Using the UDL Framework Across the
DECAL—Elements to Support Change in Professional Practices
What Does This Mean to a Teacher?
Guided Questions
How Did We Get Where We Are Today?
How Do We Change? New Perspectives on Professional Development
UDL—Representation
Guidance for Professional Development Providers
UDL—Action/Expression
Guidance for Professional Development Providers
UDL—Engagement
Guidance for Professional Development Providers
Addressing Critical Professional Learning Topics with a UDL Approach
Chapter 7: What Administrators Need to Know:
Using the UDL Framework Across the
DECAL—Elements to Improve Outcomes
for Teachers and Students
Message to Administrators
Guided Questions
Defining Key Terms
Change Happens; Be Proactive
Promising Trends to Watch
Making the Commitment to Operating the Best Program You Can for Each and Every Child
Establishing a Vision for Leading with Diversity in Mind
Meeting the Needs of Each Individual Staff Member
Self-Check
Resources for Leaders
Right from the Start
References
Appendix A
Appendix B