MSHA-UDL: Packing Your UDL Suitcase

Today’s educators are challenged to meet significant variations of instructional needs within group sessions. Using Universal Design for Learning (UDL) as a framework, attendees will identify common threads of learner variability, access UDL tools for planning flexible activities, and prepare for individual needs amid challenging groups. The targeted audience for this workshop includes SLPs, special educators, general educators, teacher leaders, psychologists, and occupational therapists. 

Learner Outcomes

By attending/participating in this workshop participants will be able to:

1. Identify common patterns of learner differences within variable instructional

groups.

2. Apply UDL principles to predict and control for variations of need among

individual learners within groups.

3. Access and utilize tools and strategies to apply their knowledge of UDL within

group sessions.

4. Understand the importance of flexibility for goal-setting, lesson planning, and

assessment within a group setting.