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Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is the best way to teach all students effectively but how can a busy teacher get started with UDL right now? With this book, you will learn how to use the three key principles of UDL: Engagement, Representation, and Action & Expression to present information in multiple ways and meet the needs of diverse learners. Written in first person, like a face-to-face talk with a passionate educator, the book gives teachers a reader-friendly UDL primer and a practical framework for implementation, with detailed guidelines on lesson planning and checkpoints that help them stay on track. -- Provided by publisher Read more...
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Loui Lord Nelson, a former special education teacher, is a full believer and implementer of Universal Design for Learning. She is the UDL Specialist for the School Wide Integrated Framework for Transformation (SWIFT) project through the University of Kansas and also works as an international consultant focused on Universal Design for Learning. Loui provides guidance to schools and districts interested in implementing UDL as a guiding framework and works directly with teachers on designing flexible environments. In addition, she is working with a colleague to identify overarching characteristics of teachers, administrators, and state level leaders that lead to the successful implementation of UDL. She completed a Fellowship through CAST and Boston College in 2013. During that time, she wrote the book Design and Deliver: Planning and Teaching Using Universal Design for Learning which was based on her work as the UDL Coordinator for Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation in Columbus, Indiana from 2007 - 2012. She received her Pd.D. from the Beach Center on Families at the University of Kansas.
