Universal Design for Learning - Educating Students with Disabilities
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The Center for Transformative Teaching | Student-Faculty Collaboration Grant | Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders |
College of Education and Human Sciences | University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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- [00:00:00.000]cehs.unl.edu
- [00:00:05.455]In the fall of 2020,
- [00:00:07.157]there were roughly 1200 students
- [00:00:09.709]that electively chose
- [00:00:10.727]to register
- [00:00:11.461]with Services
- [00:00:12.178]for Students with Disabilities
- [00:00:13.563]at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
- [00:00:15.532]Spread across
- [00:00:16.199]every single college within UNL.
- [00:00:19.352]There were also roughly 20,000
- [00:00:21.321]undergraduate students
- [00:00:22.288]in the fall of 2020,
- [00:00:23.907]meaning that there is an estimated one
- [00:00:25.458]in 16 chance
- [00:00:26.876]that a student
- [00:00:27.560]has electively chosen to register
- [00:00:29.562]with Services for Students
- [00:00:30.630]with Disabilities.
- [00:00:32.365]Further,
- [00:00:33.033]according to the National Center
- [00:00:34.434]for Education Statistics,
- [00:00:35.806]in cooperation with the
- [00:00:36.845]U.S. Department of Education,
- [00:00:38.972]in the 2015-2016 educational year.
- [00:00:41.574]19% of college students reported
- [00:00:44.544]attending a postsecondary education
- [00:00:46.529]with a disability.
- [00:00:47.964]Assuming even the most stringent caveats
- [00:00:50.350]to that 19%
- [00:00:51.267]statistic by removing
- [00:00:52.502]students that attended technical
- [00:00:53.720]or trade schools,
- [00:00:54.921]there is good reason
- [00:00:55.772]to believe
- [00:00:56.222]the number of students with disabilities
- [00:00:57.991]that have not registered
- [00:00:59.876]with the Services
- [00:01:00.777]for Students with Disabilities
- [00:01:01.878]office is similar to the 1200
- [00:01:03.739]of those that have.
- [00:01:05.281]Students with disabilities
- [00:01:06.299]are not an anomaly
- [00:01:07.815]in college campuses.
- [00:01:09.452]They are very much a part
- [00:01:10.970]of the student body
- [00:01:11.838]that you will be teaching
- [00:01:12.872]at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
- [00:01:15.208]This population of students
- [00:01:16.559]contains students with
- [00:01:17.668]mental health disorders,
- [00:01:19.036]ADD and ADHD,
- [00:01:20.663]specific learning disabilities,
- [00:01:22.098]physical disabilities,
- [00:01:23.170]and sensory disabilities
- [00:01:24.522]in hearing and vision.
- [00:01:25.735]As stated in our introductory video.
- [00:01:28.021]All students can learn
- [00:01:29.756]and all teachers at the University
- [00:01:31.141]of Nebraska-Lincoln
- [00:01:31.975]will provide
- [00:01:32.809]the best instruction
- [00:01:33.676]possible to these students.
- [00:01:35.879]Applying the UDL framework
- [00:01:37.347]that we have been covering
- [00:01:38.548]in the last several videos.
- [00:01:40.250]It's imperative
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- [00:01:44.454]to the 1200 students
- [00:01:45.622]that have electively
- [00:01:46.487]registered with SSD
- [00:01:47.791]and have formal accommodations.
- [00:01:49.909]But also to the large
- [00:01:51.377]population of students
- [00:01:53.012]who have chosen not to register
- [00:01:54.681]but still deserve access
- [00:01:56.149]to their education.
- [00:01:57.851]These students are most
- [00:01:59.002]poised to benefit
- [00:02:00.303]from implementing instruction
- [00:02:02.038]in classroom settings
- [00:02:03.089]that are engaging,
- [00:02:04.641]diverse representations of information,
- [00:02:06.593]and multiple means of
- [00:02:07.479]action and expression
- [00:02:08.812]to demonstrate their knowledge.
- [00:02:11.331]While we will cover specific disabilities
- [00:02:13.817]and common
- [00:02:14.484]accommodation techniques
- [00:02:16.319]that you will see
- [00:02:17.270]in another video in the series,
- [00:02:19.289]it is important
- [00:02:20.006]to look at students with disabilities
- [00:02:21.808]under these tenets of UDL.
- [00:02:24.060]Engagement:
- [00:02:25.201]Under the engagement tenant
- [00:02:26.613]we learned that students
- [00:02:27.647]need engaging instruction
- [00:02:29.098]to stay focused
- [00:02:30.156]and to learn.
- [00:02:31.467]For example,
- [00:02:32.607]students with disabilities
- [00:02:33.570]related to executive functioning,
- [00:02:35.688]the ability to direct
- [00:02:36.873]one's attention
- [00:02:37.707]or control behavioral responses,
- [00:02:39.926]need engaging instruction
- [00:02:41.394]to support their learning.
- [00:02:43.279]These students are
- [00:02:44.368]most likely to get off
- [00:02:45.798]tasks during lessons
- [00:02:47.000]when they rely solely on lecturing.
- [00:02:49.819]Further,
- [00:02:50.453]these students can struggle
- [00:02:51.688]with the ability
- [00:02:52.488]to manage time
- [00:02:53.723]during lengthy assignments
- [00:02:55.008]like semester-long papers
- [00:02:56.543]or the ability
- [00:02:57.894]to recall information quickly
- [00:02:59.479]when pressed for time.
- [00:03:01.281]For these students,
- [00:03:02.332]the choice to give assessments
- [00:03:04.217]that are unnecessarily pressed for time
- [00:03:06.870]or providing
- [00:03:07.887]unengaging instruction is doing them
- [00:03:09.889]a disservice.
- [00:03:11.691]Representation:
- [00:03:13.293]For students with disabilities,
- [00:03:14.994]multiple means of
- [00:03:15.736]representing information
- [00:03:16.880]is imperative.
- [00:03:18.481]For students
- [00:03:18.932]with specific learning disabilities
- [00:03:20.717]recognized in reading, writing, or math.
- [00:03:23.553]The choice
- [00:03:24.237]to only display content with written text
- [00:03:26.906]or doing math problems on a worksheet
- [00:03:29.042]can prove futile
- [00:03:30.098]at accurately teaching
- [00:03:31.461]or assessing understanding.
- [00:03:33.413]For these students, it's best
- [00:03:34.948]to supplement instruction
- [00:03:36.482]with different representations.
- [00:03:38.718]If you are planning on having students
- [00:03:40.587]read a chapter of a textbook,
- [00:03:42.438]consider either replacing
- [00:03:44.340]or supplementing this
- [00:03:45.508]with further video explanation
- [00:03:47.060]of the same content.
- [00:03:48.861]You will see a dramatic improvement
- [00:03:50.546]in students retention
- [00:03:51.370]of information
- [00:03:52.232]and the ability
- [00:03:53.032]to manipulate that information
- [00:03:54.867]to active classroom participation.
- [00:03:57.570]Action and Expression:
- [00:03:59.188]All students deserve the ability
- [00:04:01.040]to demonstrate their knowledge
- [00:04:02.392]in multiple means.
- [00:04:03.826]But for some students
- [00:04:05.011]providing accommodations to assignments
- [00:04:06.713]are crucial to completion at all.
- [00:04:09.115]Technology has come a long way
- [00:04:10.917]towards providing students
- [00:04:12.268]with physical impairments, the ability
- [00:04:14.304]to access assignments,
- [00:04:15.438]but we must remember that
- [00:04:16.472]not all areas of disability
- [00:04:18.508]have accommodations.
- [00:04:20.212]For example,
- [00:04:21.210]most teachers
- [00:04:22.161]recognize that it would be
- [00:04:23.185]both useless
- [00:04:24.297]and inappropriate
- [00:04:25.202]to test a student
- [00:04:25.949]that was born without eyes
- [00:04:27.744]on their ability to read
- [00:04:28.918]a written text.
- [00:04:30.837]But,
- [00:04:31.733]do they also realize
- [00:04:32.823]that it would be
- [00:04:33.323]just as inappropriate
- [00:04:34.290]to deduct attendance
- [00:04:35.241]points from a student
- [00:04:36.142]with a chronic illness
- [00:04:37.043]that prevents them
- [00:04:37.610]from being able to attend
- [00:04:38.982]or participate in class
- [00:04:40.496]when they are absent?
- [00:04:42.081]It's unlikely that they would.
- [00:04:44.150]As we go forward towards the future,
- [00:04:45.835]it is crucial to remember that
- [00:04:47.236]the number of students
- [00:04:48.476]with disabilities
- [00:04:49.472]getting a college education
- [00:04:51.207]will continue to increase.
- [00:04:53.059]These students deserve to have
- [00:04:54.560]their educational needs met,
- [00:04:56.396]regardless of if
- [00:04:57.320]they've chosen to identify
- [00:04:58.581]with Services for Students
- [00:04:59.599]with Disabilities.
- [00:05:01.250]With your help,
- [00:05:02.402]we can create a more equal
- [00:05:03.720]educational experience for students
- [00:05:05.972]at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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