Teaching · Special Education

Ask what gets in the way, and what helps.

Go through it with the student, in their words. The summary pairs each need with what helps, lists the formats to provide and keeps track of who may see it.

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Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Or get it in the Special Education toolkit, $99 for 100 items.

The conversation

One record per person and date. The example is made up.

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What you get

Teaching · Special Education$12 · included with Classroom and Whole-school licenses

What you finish with
Each need paired with what helps, the formats to provide, and who may see the answers.
Who it is for
Special education teachers, 504 coordinators, accessibility leads and adult education staff.
Format
Browser questionnaire. One saved record per person and date; printed for the person and the people they named, or as a blank form; CSV; export and import a file.
Access
$12 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Also in the Special Education toolkit ($99) and the Teaching Suite pass ($199), and 1 more bundle. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Special Education space in Caveat Teaching.
Support
Questions about an order, access or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.
ask first, in their words
Drawn for this page. The person who meets the barrier every day usually knows best what gets in the way and what has helped before.

How to use it

  1. Start a record with a code, never a name.
  2. Ask where school gets hard before naming any category.
  3. For each need, ask what has helped before.
  4. Ask who may see the answers, and respect a no.
  5. Try one support for each unmet need and talk again in two weeks.

Start a conversation

How to hold the conversation

Their words first

Start from what the person says gets in the way, not from a diagnosis or a list of accommodations. People who meet a barrier every day usually know what has helped before.

From need to plan

Supports a student needs consistently, especially in tests, belong in an IEP under IDEA or a Section 504 plan, so every teacher provides them. This conversation is a starting point for that team.

Privacy

Answers about disability and health are sensitive. Records kept by the school are education records under FERPA; share them only with people who need them and whom the person agreed to.

Sources

  1. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, 34 CFR Part 104, and ADA Title II, 28 CFR Part 35.
  2. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act regulations, 34 CFR 300.320 and 300.324: student strengths, needs and consideration of special factors.
  3. CAST (2018). Universal Design for Learning Guidelines version 2.2.
  4. Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, 34 CFR Part 99.

The example conversation is made up. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.