IRIS Resources STAR Legacy Modules
IRIS Module: What do you see? Perceptions of Disability. This module encourages students to explore their own attitudes and beliefs about people with disabilities. It highlights the abilities of students with disabilities.
http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/da-5/
IRIS Module: Universal Design for Learning: Creating a Learning Environment that Challenges and Engages All Students. This module examines the three principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and discusses how to apply these principles to the four curricular components (i.e., goals, instructional materials, instructional methods, and assessments). http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/udl/
IRIS Module: Cultural and Linguistic Differences: What Teachers Should Know. This module examines the ways in which culture influences the daily interactions that occur across all classrooms and provides practice for enhancing culturally responsive teaching. http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/clde/
IRIS Module: Collaborating with Families. Designed to help teachers build positive relationships with families, this module highlights the diversity of families and addresses the factors that school personnel should understand about working with the families of children with disabilities. http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/fam/
IRIS Module: Differentiated Instruction: Maximizing the Learning of All Students. This module discusses the importance of differentiating three aspects of instruction: content, process (instructional methods), and product (assessment). It also explores the student traits—readiness level, interest, and learning profile—that influence learning. http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/di/
IRIS Module: Instructional Accommodations: Making the Learning Environment Accessible to Students with Visual Disabilities. This module highlights tips for modifying lessons and ways to make lessons accessible for students with disabilities. http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/v02-successsight/
IRIS Module: Serving Students with Visual Impairments: The Importance of Collaboration. This module underscores the importance of the general education teacher’s collaborating with professionals and other individuals knowledgeable about the needs of students with visual disabilities. http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/v03-focusplay/
Encouraging Appropriate Behavior. This case study unit outlines positive behavior management techniques that can be employed with individual students who have behavioral concerns that are not effectively addressed by comprehensive classroom rules.
http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ICS-005.pdf
IRIS Module: Universal Design for Learning: Creating a Learning Environment that Challenges and Engages All Students. This module examines the three principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and discusses how to apply these principles to the four curricular components (i.e., goals, instructional materials, instructional methods, and assessments). http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/udl/
IRIS Module: Cultural and Linguistic Differences: What Teachers Should Know. This module examines the ways in which culture influences the daily interactions that occur across all classrooms and provides practice for enhancing culturally responsive teaching. http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/clde/
IRIS Module: Collaborating with Families. Designed to help teachers build positive relationships with families, this module highlights the diversity of families and addresses the factors that school personnel should understand about working with the families of children with disabilities. http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/fam/
IRIS Module: Differentiated Instruction: Maximizing the Learning of All Students. This module discusses the importance of differentiating three aspects of instruction: content, process (instructional methods), and product (assessment). It also explores the student traits—readiness level, interest, and learning profile—that influence learning. http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/di/
IRIS Module: Instructional Accommodations: Making the Learning Environment Accessible to Students with Visual Disabilities. This module highlights tips for modifying lessons and ways to make lessons accessible for students with disabilities. http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/v02-successsight/
IRIS Module: Serving Students with Visual Impairments: The Importance of Collaboration. This module underscores the importance of the general education teacher’s collaborating with professionals and other individuals knowledgeable about the needs of students with visual disabilities. http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/v03-focusplay/
Encouraging Appropriate Behavior. This case study unit outlines positive behavior management techniques that can be employed with individual students who have behavioral concerns that are not effectively addressed by comprehensive classroom rules.
http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ICS-005.pdf