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Specially Designed Instruction



 * Specially designed instruction** is instruction that research suggests will effectively meet the needs of students with disabilities (Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act [IDEIA] of 2004).

Such instruction
 * adapts instructional content,
 * teaching and learning methodology,
 * formative and summative assessment, and/or
 * educational environments to match students’ instructional levels and functional needs (Gleckel & Koretz, 2008).

This portion of the IEP briefly describes
 * the explicit instruction students will receive,
 * including “guidelines for approaches, materials, and
 * arrangements to
 * introduce isolated skills and strategies,
 * teach them in authentic context(s), and
 * coordinate them with related skill clusters simultaneously” (Gleckel & Koretz, 2008, p. 214).





Specially Designed Instruction to Support the Prevention of Problems Describing Specifically Designed Instruction, Related Services, Supplementary Aids and Services, and Program Modifications in the IEP