By Mary Schillinger and Becky Wetzel

Get all the hands-on guidance and staff development tools you need in this comprehensive resource on the Common Core -- written specifically for special educators! This unique guide goes beyond explaining what the Common Core standards are, to show you how you can help students with disabilities access and achieve under them.

In addition to explaining steps to “deconstruct” a Common Core standard and identify essential learning targets for students with disabilities, you learn expert techniques to:

• Create IEPs and write IEP goals that align with CCSS
• Provide accommodations that address student deficits while preserving the rigor of CCSS
• Plan and implement professional development for special education staff
• Use technology tools to help special education students access the CCSS
• Plan project-based learning lessons within special education pull-out settings
• Assess and strengthen students’ academic vocabulary and executive functioning skills

Plus, you get sample Common Core-aligned IEP goals, goal-writing worksheets and templates, sample professional development agendas, guiding questions for considering CCSS’s impact on special education, and other hands-on resources.