Explore those for a few minutes to see what is available. Then pick a topic of your choice under the “information briefs” category. Select the topic based on a problem you are needing to address in the classroom or that is just an area of interest to you .

Finding Teaching Resources

Go to the website iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu. Hover over “Resources”; then click IRIS Resource Locator. Under “topic,” click Disability. You will see several choices – modules, activities, information briefs, interviews, video vignettes.

Explore those for a few minutes to see what is available. Then pick a topic of your choice under the “information briefs” category. Select the topic based on a problem you are needing to address in the classroom or that is just an area of interest to you . After reviewing the information brief, look for activities, modules, interviews and/or video vignettes that would be useful in helping you teach a student with that disability. Spend 45 minutes to an hour investigating the materials available on that topic.
Write a paper that contains the following components:

A summary of information about the disability you chose that would be useful for a teacher to know. Point out specific characteristics of that particular disabled population and discuss how knowing this information can inform a regular classroom teacher on the proper instructional approaches to try.