Practical Tips & Accommodations

Resources in this section focus on concrete tools and strategies to support teaching and learning in inclusion settings. Some resources will focus on very specific accommodations for students’ needs based on noticed behaviors, while others are more general practical tips, promising practices, and tools for inclusive teaching and learning.

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  • Activity Bank

    Practical Tips & Accommodations

    The GIVE Activity Bank is a resource bank of short arts education activities or tasks that already include supports and accommodations to support a range of st…

  • Checklist: Planning and Facilitating an Inclusive Lesson

    Practical Tips & Accommodations

    Build a lesson that is inclusive and engaging for all students—and discover additional GIVE resources to help make that possible.

  • Classroom Management | Non-Verbal Cues

    Practical Tips & Accommodations, Classroom & Behavior Management

    Broaden your classroom management strategies with a range of non-verbal cues and signals.

  • Classroom Management | Verbal Cues

    Practical Tips & Accommodations, Classroom & Behavior Management

    Direct focus and attention in the classroom by incorporating strategic verbal cues into your classroom management strategy.

  • Glossary

    Practical Tips & Accommodations

    Definitions for a range of terms you may encounter while working in an Integrated Co-Teaching (ICT) Classroom and other inclusion settings.

  • Group Formations: Pros, Cons, and Strategies

    Practical Tips & Accommodations

    Discover strategies for how to arrange and group students during a class or workshop, as well as how often to change formations and groupings.

  • Leading an Access Check: What It Is and How to Do It

    Practical Tips & Accommodations, Remote Teaching & Learning

    Learn how to start online or in-person lessons with an access check to make sure you're meeting students' needs and to share the accessibility features of your…

  • Lesson Plan Template

    Practical Tips & Accommodations

    Plan an inclusive lesson with this GIVE Lesson Plan Template, including space for accommodations, roles for the Classroom Professionals, and more.