Special Needs Mathematics - Making Algebra Accessible To All

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Special Needs

How do we enable our Special Needs faculty to become high quality math teachers of this important and growing student population?”

“How do we ensure our children with Special Needs meet Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) state targets?”

“How do we teach math in a way that enables critical thinking and promotes general problem solving skills?

 

iRi works with districts that are serious about attaining dramatic improvement in the math performance of students with Special Needs. Programs are best suited for Special Needs-dedicated educators as well as classroom teachers who have children with Special Needs in their mainstreamed classroom.

Special Needs Mathematics

Professional Learning

Making Algebra Accessible To All

  • Understand the cognitive challenges inherent in teaching non - ‘dumbed down’ Algebra to Special Needs students ready to handle your Algebra curriculum
    • Utilize innovative techniques to enhance students’ formal reasoning and logic skills
    • Develop students’ requisite abstract thinking required for algebraic reasoning
    • Discover engaging, cognitive - based classroom exercises which improve all students’ abilities to form generalizations, manipulate symbols, understand co - variations and relations, and numerically model real world situations
  • Develop lesson plans which connect your Algebra curriculum and classroom instruction to student appropriate Individualized Enrichment Plans
  • Explore how to foster those cognitive functions that ensure efficient student thinking in Algebra, particularly attention to detail, precision/inaccuracy, conserving constancies, and relevant frames of reference.
  • Develop process to check student performance quickly and implement targeted lesson plans before annual standardized tests